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Axisymmetric bodies of minimum drag in hypersonic flow

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The problem of determining the longitudinal contour of a slender, axisymmetric body in hypersonic flow which has minimum drag is considered. The pressure distribution is assumed to be Newtonian, while the skin-friction distribution is for laminar flow and depends on body geometry. This investigation is conducted with the method of steepest descent, whose feasiblity is demonstrated by solving minimum drag problems having known analytical solutions.

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  1. Commercial Airplane Division, The Boeing Company Seattle, Washington

    Squire L. Brown (Research Engineer)

  2. The University of Texas, Austin, Texas

    David G. Hull (Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering)

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Brown, S.L., Hull, D.G. Axisymmetric bodies of minimum drag in hypersonic flow. J Optim Theory Appl 3, 52–71 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00929541

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