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The Effects of Recessed Lower Surface Shape on the Lift and Drag of Conical Wings at High Incidence and High Mach Number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

L C Squire
L C Squire*
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Cambridge University Engineering Department
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Summary

For lifting re-entry there may be advantages in using wings which give as high a lift coefficient as possible at the design value of the lift/drag ratio. This paper presents the results of an experimental and theoretical study of wings with recessed lower surfaces designed to give high values of CL. The calculations show that a wide range of wing shapes can be found that give values of CL which are much larger than those on a flat wing with the same lift/drag ratio.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , February 1975 , pp. 1 - 10
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1975

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