1964•Unpublished venueRequires access
The behaviour of the wave drag coefficient of a certain optimum body in off–design conditions.
H.I. Baurdour, P. J. Zandbergen
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Abstract
In this report the drag-coefficient of an optimum body with a conical nose has been determined. The body was designed for a Mach number of the undisturbed stream equal to 3. It is found that the curve for the drag coefficient shows a definite kink at the design Mach number. The conclusion is reached that a more general approach for designing optimum bodies will lead to lower values of the wave drag than those obtained by applying current theories.