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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Landing performance.. . . . . 192 
Forces acting on the airplane 
Accclanted motion 
Factors of technique 
Factors affecting landing performance. . . . 196 
E&t of gross weight 
Effect of wind 
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Impmtance of handbook performance data. . . 200 
CHAPTER 3. HIGH SPEED AERODYNAMICS 
GENERAL CONCEPTS AND SUPERSONIC FLOW PATTERNS 
NATURE OF COMPRESSIBILITY. ............................... 
Definition of Mach number. ........................................ 
Sttbsonic, traasonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flight regimes. ....... 
Compressible flow conditions ....................................... 
Comparison of compressible and incompressible flow. ............... 
TYPICAL SUPERSONIC FLOW PATTERNS., .................. 
Obliqueshockwave ................................................ 
Normalshockwave ................................................ 
Ex nsionwave 
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ect on velocity, Mach number, density, pressure, energy. .. : ........ 
SECTIONS IN SUPERSONIC FLOW. ............................ 
nowpatterns ...................................................... 
Pressure distribution. .............................................. 
Wavedrag ......................................................... 
Location of aerodynamic center. .................................... 
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CONFIGURATION EFFECTS 
TRANSONIC AND SUPERSONIC FLIGHT. . 215 
Critical Mach ntlm~r 2 15 
Shock wave formatton. . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 
Shock induced separation.. i.. 
Porcedivergence................................................... 
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Phenomena of transonic flight.. . 218 
Phenomena of supersonic Bight.. . 220 
TRANSONIC AND SUPERSONIC CONFIGURATIONS. 220 
Airfoil sections.. . 220 
Transonic sections 
Supctsonic sections 
Wave drag characteristics 
Effect of Mach number on airfoil characteristics 
Plaaform effects. ,.......,..... 226 
Effect of swcc ack 
p” Advantages o swcepback 
Disadvantages of sweepback 
Effect of nspct ratio and tip shape 
Control surfaces. . . . . . . . . . 236 
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