Foreword |
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Series Preface |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 History Of Supersonic Transport Aircraft Development |
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1 | (16) |
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1.1 Concorde's Development and Service |
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2 | (2) |
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1.2 SST Development Program |
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4 | (3) |
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1.3 Transonic Transport Configuration Studies |
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7 | (1) |
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1.4 US High Speed Research and Development Programs |
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8 | (1) |
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1.5 European Supersonic Research Program |
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9 | (2) |
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1.6 A Market for a Supersonic Commercial Aircraft? |
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11 | (6) |
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1.6.1 Why Fly Supersonically? |
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11 | (1) |
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1.6.2 Requirements and Operations |
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12 | (1) |
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1.6.3 Block Speed, Productivity, and Complexity |
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13 | (2) |
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15 | (2) |
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2 The Challenges Of High-Speed Flight |
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17 | (12) |
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2.1 Top Level Requirements (TLR) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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2.3 Cruise Speed Selection |
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20 | (3) |
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2.4 Aerodynamic Design Considerations |
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23 | (6) |
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2.4.1 Fuel and Flight Efficiency |
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23 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Aerodynamic Efficiency |
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24 | (1) |
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2.4.3 Power Plant Efficiency |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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3 Weight Prediction, Optimization, And Energy Efficiency |
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29 | (16) |
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29 | (1) |
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3.2 Early Weight Prediction |
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30 | (2) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (2) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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3.4 Take-off Weight and the Weight Growth Factor |
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34 | (1) |
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3.5 Example of an Early Weight Prediction |
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35 | (3) |
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36 | (2) |
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3.6 Productivity and Energy Efficiency |
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38 | (7) |
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3.6.1 Range for Maximum Productivity |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (3) |
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4 Aerodynamic Phenomena In Supersonic Flow |
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45 | (20) |
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4.1 Compressibility of Atmospheric Air |
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45 | (2) |
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4.1.1 Speed of Sound and Mach Number |
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46 | (1) |
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4.1.2 Compressible and Incompressible Flows |
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47 | (1) |
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4.2 Streamlines and Mach Waves |
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47 | (3) |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (2) |
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4.4.1 Effects of Normal Shock Waves |
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52 | (1) |
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4.5 Planar Oblique Shock Waves |
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53 | (3) |
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4.6 Curved and Detached Shock waves |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (2) |
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4.8 Shock-expansion Technique |
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59 | (1) |
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4.9 Leading-edge Delta Vortices |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (4) |
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62 | (3) |
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5 Thin Wings In Two-Dimensional Flow |
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65 | (10) |
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5.1 Small Perturbation Flow |
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65 | (10) |
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5.1.1 Linearized Velocity Potential Equation |
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66 | (1) |
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5.1.2 Pressure Coefficient |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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5.1.5 Symmetric Airfoils with Minimum Pressure Drag |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (2) |
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6 Flat Wings In Inviscid Supersonic Flow |
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75 | (16) |
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6.1 Classification of Edge Flows |
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76 | (1) |
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6.2 Linear Theory for Three-dimensional Inviscid Flow |
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76 | (4) |
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6.2.1 Flow Reversal Theorems |
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77 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Constant-chord Straight Wings |
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77 | (2) |
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6.2.3 Constant-chord Swept Wings |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (5) |
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6.4.1 Supersonic Leading Edge |
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82 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Subsonic Leading Edge |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (1) |
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6.6 Slender Delta and Arrow Wing Varieties |
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87 | (4) |
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88 | (3) |
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7 Aerodynamic Drag In Cruising Flight |
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91 | (24) |
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7.1 Categories of Drag Contributions |
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91 | (3) |
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7.1.1 Miscellaneous Drag Terms and the Concept Drag Area |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (3) |
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7.2.1 Friction Coefficient |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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7.3 Slender Body Wave Drag |
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97 | (4) |
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7.3.1 Conical Forebody Pressure Drag |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (2) |
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7.4 Zero-lift Drag of Flat Delta Wings |
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101 | (4) |
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102 | (1) |
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7.4.2 Vortex-induced Drag |
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103 | (1) |
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7.4.3 Wave Drag Due to Lift |
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104 | (1) |
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7.5 Wing-alone Glide Ratio |
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105 | (4) |
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7.5.1 Notched Trailing Edges |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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7.5.4 Minimum Glide Ratio |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (6) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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7.6.3 Fuselage Slenderness Ratio |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (3) |
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8 Aerodynamic Efficiency Of Scv Configurations |
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115 | (18) |
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8.1 Interaction Between Configuration Shape and Drag |
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115 | (2) |
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117 | (4) |
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8.2.1 Slenderness ratio and lift coefficient for minimum drag |
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119 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Cruise Altitude for Minimum Drag |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (3) |
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122 | (1) |
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8.3.2 Cruise Altitude and Wing Loading |
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123 | (1) |
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8.4 Full-configuration Drag |
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124 | (3) |
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8.4.1 Configuration Glide Ratio |
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125 | (1) |
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8.4.2 Notch Ratio Selection |
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126 | (1) |
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8.5 Selection of the General Arrangement |
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127 | (6) |
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8.5.1 Fore-plane Versus After-tail |
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127 | (1) |
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8.5.2 Application of the Area Rule |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (3) |
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9 Aerodynamics Of Cambered Wings |
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133 | (10) |
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9.1 Flat Delta Wing Lift Gradient and Induced Drag |
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134 | (4) |
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9.1.1 Achievable Leading-edge Thrust |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (5) |
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140 | (3) |
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143 | (12) |
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10.1 Advantages of the Oblique Wing |
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144 | (1) |
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10.2 Practical Advantages of the Oblique Wing |
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145 | (1) |
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10.3 Oblique Wing Transport Aircraft |
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146 | (1) |
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10.4 Oblique Flying Wing (OFW) |
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147 | (2) |
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10.4.1 OFW Flying Qualities and Disadvantages |
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148 | (1) |
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10.5 Conventional and OWB Configurations Compared |
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149 | (3) |
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10.5.1 Practical Side-effects |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (3) |
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153 | (2) |
Index |
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