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Optimizing the aerodynamic characteristics of Λ-shaped wings at supersonic flight velocities

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 136–140, September–October, 1984.

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Voronin, V.I., Shvets, A.I. Optimizing the aerodynamic characteristics of Λ-shaped wings at supersonic flight velocities. Fluid Dyn 19, 787–791 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01093549

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