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503
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<TITLE>
theoretical prediction of the transonic characteristics
of airfoils .
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<AUTHOR>
sinnott,c.s.
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<BIBLIO>
j. ae. scs. 29, 1962, 275.
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<TEXT>
  it is shown that the author's transonic-flow airfoil theory
can be used to estimate transonic drag-rise and onset-of-separation-effects
mach numbers without reference to experimental
results .  a simple comparative method is applied to a series of
airfoils, and the results are analyzed to determine some of the
design features of importance in transonic flow .  an improvement
to this scheme is shown to give results in good agreement
with experiment for both the first appearance of shock waves
and the onset of separation effects .  application to finite swept
wings is briefly considered and illustrated .
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