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An Empirical Method for the Prediction of Airplane Drag Divergence Mach Number
A 1953 RAND study that investigates the problem of prediction of airplane drag divergence Mach number and provides an empirically determined expression that is applicable to clean airplane configurations.
Aug 1, 1953
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Boundary Layer Drag for Non-Smooth Surfaces
A study of the turbulent boundary-layer drag for production-type or nonideal aircraft surfaces.
Jun 24, 1953
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Bruce McClintock
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Michael McGee
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Christopher A. Mouton
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Shane Tierney

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Michael McGee

Adjunct Senior Policy Researcher

Michael McGee is a adjunct senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. His research focuses on a variety of aviation (manned and unmanned), defense, and security related subjects for the Department of Defense and other government agencies.
Bruce McClintock

Lead, Space Enterprise Initiative

Bruce McClintock is lead of the RAND Space Enterprise Initiative, a senior policy researcher, and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. The RAND Space Enterprise Initiative provides a focal point for all RAND space-related research for the U.S. government and U.S. allies. McClintock…

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