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A note on the potential contribution of wing-body interference drag to the total drag of an aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

L. Bernstein
L. Bernstein*
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, UK
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Summary

The implications of a rise in the pressure drag of a wing near its junction with a fuselage are examined. Based on some data measured for a swept-wing-plate junction, in which the wing was of NACA 0015-profile normal to its leading edge and swept back at 20°, it is found that there is a potential penalty of order 1% of the total aircraft drag in the cruise condition.

Type
Technical Note
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 101 , Issue 1009 , November 1997 , pp. 417 - 420
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1997 

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References

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