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On the range of applicability of the transonic area rule

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Spreiter, John R., author
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Some insight into the range of applicability of the transonic area rule has been gained by comparison with the appropriate similarity rule of transonic flow theory and with available experimental d...

Some insight into the range of applicability of the transonic area rule has been gained by comparison with the appropriate similarity rule of transonic flow theory and with available experimental data for a large family of rectangular wings having NACA 63AXXX profiles. In spite of the small number of geometric variables available for such a family, the range is sufficient that cases both compatible and incompatible with the area rule are included.

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