Lift/Drag Ratios of Optimised Slewed Elliptic Wings at Supersonic Speeds
- 1 August 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Aeronautical Quarterly
- Vol. 12 (3) , 201-218
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001925900002067
Abstract
Summary Previous work by R. T. Jones on the drag minimisation of elliptic wings is extended to the case of the slewed wing with thickness. These results are used to calculate lift/drag ratios of idealised configurations related to a supersonic transport aircraft. The values of lift/drag ratio and optimum slenderness ratio found are comparable with those calculated earlier in studies of delta-like plan forms.Keywords
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- Theoretical Determination of the Minimum Drag of Airfoils at Supersonic SpeedsJournal of the Aeronautical Sciences, 1952