Supersonic/Subsonic Airfoil Design
Supersonic/Subsonic Airfoil Design
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I am researching the best airfoil desing for an aircraft that will be launched super sonic M=1.2 and glide to a speed of roughly M=0.4. After that the flight is over. Are there any good reference books/materials on airfoil design for both of these environments? I don't need to necessarily go through a full airfoil optimization, but I need to know some general information about the airfoil (L/D, Pressure Dist., etc.)





RE: Supersonic/Subsonic Airfoil Design
Try with "Supercritical wing sections" by Bauer,F and
Garabedian,P Springer- Verlag.
( 3 vol, 1972,1975,1977)
Regards
Mohr
RE: Supersonic/Subsonic Airfoil Design
I don't know about current availability. His wife used to publish it out of Bricktown NJ. jk
RE: Supersonic/Subsonic Airfoil Design