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Delta Wings of Shapes Amenable to Exact Shock-wave Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

T. Nonweiler*
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics and Fluid Mechanics, University of Glasgow

Summary

A class of delta wings is considered, whose under-surface has an inverted-V, or inverted-W, cross section of such a form that, at the “design” Mach number and incidence, the shock waves formed are plane. The geometry of the shock-wave system and surface is described briefly, and comments made about the utility of the concept in relation to hypersonic flow studies.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1963

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