Aerodynamic characteristics and geometric properties of half- and complete-ring-body configurations for supersonic design Mach number.

R. E. Johnson

ResearchPublished 1958

A presentation of the optimum aerodynamic characteristics and the associated nondimensional geometries for half- and complete-ring-body configuration as functions of three parameters: design point Mach number, reduced aspect ratio of the wing planview, and average skin friction coefficient. These configurations use thickness drag cancellation, skin friction reductions, and drag-due- to-lift reductions to effect high lift-drag ratios

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  • Year: 1958
  • Pages: 68
  • Document Number: RM-2208

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Johnson, R. E., Aerodynamic characteristics and geometric properties of half- and complete-ring-body configurations for supersonic design Mach number. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1958. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM2208.html.
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