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This part of the article continues the discussion of the aerodynamic characteristics of airfoils presented in the previous part and extends it to wings at subsonic speeds. The effects of highlift devices and spoilers are considered and their application indicated. The effects of wing sweep and finiteness of aspect ratio are analyzed.
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Ira H Abbott and Albert E Von Doenhoff, Theory of Wing Sections, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1979.
Robert T Jones, Wing Theory, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1990.
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S P Govinda Raju retired as professor from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science in 2003. He is currently active as a consultant in wind tunnel testing and teaches short term courses in aerodynamics and flight mechanics.
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Govinda Raju, S.P. Aerobasics — An introduction to aeronautics. Reson 14, 191–203 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-009-0017-5
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