Supercritical airfoil

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• Supercritical airfoil — it has since been mainly applied to increase the fuel efficiency of many high subsonic aircraft. Research in 1940 by DVL s K. A. Kawalki led to subsonic profiles very similar to the supercritical profiles, which was the basis for the objection in …   Wikipedia

• Supercritical — may refer to:* Critical mass, the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction * Critical temperature, Tc, the temperature above which distinct liquid and gas phases do not exist * Supercritical fluid, a… …   Wikipedia

• Airfoil — An airfoil (in American English) or aerofoil (in British English) is the shape of a wing or blade (of a propeller, rotor or turbine) or sail as seen in cross section. An airfoil shaped body moved through a fluid produces a force perpendicular to… …   Wikipedia

• NACA airfoil — Profile geometry – 1: Zero lift line; 2: Leading edge; 3: Nose circle; 4: Camber; 5: Max. thickness; 6: Upper surface; 7: Trailing edge; 8: Camber mean line; 9: Lower surface …   Wikipedia

• Drag divergence Mach number — The drag divergence Mach number (not to be confused with critical Mach number) is the Mach number at which the aerodynamic drag on an airfoil or airframe begins to increase rapidly as the Mach number continues to increase[1]. This increase can… …   Wikipedia

• Camber (aerodynamics) — Camber, in aerospace engineering, is the asymmetry between the top and the bottom curves of an airfoil in cross section.OverviewCamber is often added to an airfoil to increase lift and/or reduce the critical angle of attack (the angle at which… …   Wikipedia

• Shock wave — Bombshock redirects here. For the Transformers character, see Micromasters#Bombshock. For other uses, see shockwave. Schlieren photograph of an attached shock on a sharp nosed supersonic body. A shock wave (also called shock front or simply shock …   Wikipedia

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• Wave drag — is an aerodynamics term that refers to a sudden and very powerful form of drag that appears on aircraft and blade tips moving at high subsonic and supersonic speeds. Overview Wave drag is caused by the formation of shock waves around the aircraft …   Wikipedia

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