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Chapter 3

Chapter 3

NAVAIR 00-80T-80 (1965)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Landing performance.. . . . . 192

Forces acting on the airplane

Accclanted motion

Factors of technique

Factors affecting landing performance. . . . 196

E&t of gross weight

Effect of wind

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Impmtance of handbook performance data. . . 200

CHAPTER 3. HIGH SPEED AERODYNAMICS

GENERAL CONCEPTS AND SUPERSONIC FLOW PATTERNS

NATURE OF COMPRESSIBILITY. ...............................

Definition of Mach number. ........................................

Sttbsonic, traasonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flight regimes. .......

Compressible flow conditions .......................................

Comparison of compressible and incompressible flow. ...............

TYPICAL SUPERSONIC FLOW PATTERNS., ..................

Obliqueshockwave ................................................

Normalshockwave ................................................

Ex nsionwave

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ect on velocity, Mach number, density, pressure, energy. .. : ........

SECTIONS IN SUPERSONIC FLOW. ............................

nowpatterns ......................................................

Pressure distribution. ..............................................

Wavedrag .........................................................

Location of aerodynamic center. ....................................

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CONFIGURATION EFFECTS

TRANSONIC AND SUPERSONIC FLIGHT. . 215

Critical Mach ntlm~r 2 15

Shock wave formatton. . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Shock induced separation.. i..

Porcedivergence...................................................

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Phenomena of transonic flight.. . 218

Phenomena of supersonic Bight.. . 220

TRANSONIC AND SUPERSONIC CONFIGURATIONS. 220

Airfoil sections.. . 220

Transonic sections

Supctsonic sections

Wave drag characteristics

Effect of Mach number on airfoil characteristics

Plaaform effects. ,.......,..... 226

Effect of swcc ack

p” Advantages o swcepback

Disadvantages of sweepback

Effect of nspct ratio and tip shape

Control surfaces. . . . . . . . . . 236

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