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A R O Technical Report
M I N I S T R Y O F S U P P L Y
AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
REPORTS AND MEMORANDA
Methods for Determining the Wave
Drag o f N on L ifting W ing Body
Combinations
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i s a p p l i c a b l e t o t h e t r a n s o n i c r a n g e , c a n b e f o u n d . F o l l o w i n g t h e s u g g e s t i o n s o f L o r d s, t h e s o n i c
w a v e d r a g o f a w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n m a y b e in t e r p r e t e d p h y s i c a l l y a s a m e a s u r e o f t h e s u d d e n
t r a n s o n i c d r a g r i s e of t h e c o n f i g u r a t i o n , w h e n s u c h a d r a g r is e c a n b e d e f in e d .
I t is w o r t h y o f n o t e t h a t t h e u s e f u ln e s s of e q u a t i o n (1) is g r e a t l y e n h a n c e d b y t h e f a c t t h a t
t h e l i n e a r i s e d t h e o r y p r e d i c t s z e ro l i f t - d e p e n d e n t w a v e d r a g a t M = 1. T h u s e q u a t i o n (1 ) i s
n o t r e s t r i c t e d t o n o n - l i f t in g c o n f i g u r a t i o n s s i n c e i t g i v e s t h e t o t a l s o n i c w a v e d r a g o f a li f t i n g
c o n f i g u r a t i o n ( fo r a d i s c u s s io n o f l i f t - d e p e n d e n t w a v e d r a g , see f o r e x a m p l e , L o m a x a n d H e a s l et la ) .
2 .12. D e s i gn fo r l ow w a v e d r a g . - - T h e d e s i g n o f a w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n w i t h l o w s o n i c w a v e
d r a g r e q u ir e s t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f o p t i m u m a r e a d i s t ri b u t i o n s w h o s e a s so c i a te d w a v e d r a g ,
g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n (1 ), i s a m i n i m u m . L o r d a n d E m i n t o n h a v e in v e s t i g a t e d t h i s p r o b l e m a n d
p r e s e n t e d o p t i m u m a r e a d i s tr i b u t i o n s fo r a n u m b e r o f s p ec if ie d c o n d i ti o n s . T h u s i n o r d e r t o
o b t a i n l o w s o n ic w a v e d r a g i t i s n e c e s s a r y t o a l t e r t h e b o d y , a n d p o s s i b l y t h e w i n g a l so , s o t h a t
t h e c r o ss - se c t io n a l a r e a d i s tr i b u t i o n b e co m e s a n o p t i m u m , o r n e a r o p t i m u m . A si m p l e e x a m p l e
o f a n o p t i m u m a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n i s t h a t o f a s o -c a ll e d S e a r s - H a a e k b o d y , w h i c h i s p o i n t e d a t.
b o t h e n d s a n d h a s m i n i m u m w a v e d r a g fo r g i v e n l e n g t h a n d v o l u m e .
2.2. A r e a R u l e . - - 2 . 2 . 1 . E s t i m a t i o n o f w a v e d r a g . - -- T h e a r e a -r u l e m e t h o d o f e s t i m a t i n g w a v e
d r a g i s d u e t o J o n e s 5 a n d W h i t c o m b . H o w e v e r , t h e d e r i v a t i o n o f t h e a r e a r u l e re q u i re s t h e u s e
o f a n a s s u m p t i o n e v e n t h o u g h t h e w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n i s r e p r e s e n t e d b y s o u r c e d i s t r ib u t i o n s
o n l y . T h e a s s u m p t i o n i s t h a t t h e e ff ec t o f t h e i n t e r fe r e n c e v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l o n th e w a v e d r a g i s
n e g l i g i b l e ,
i . e . ,
t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l of a w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n i s a s s u m e d t o b e
e q u a l to t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l of t h e is o l a te d e x p o se d w i n g t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e
p e r t u r b a t i o n v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l o f t h e i s o l a te d b o d y .
I t i s c o n v e n i e n t t o de f in e a n e l e m e n t a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n . C o n s i d e r t h e f a m i l y o f p a r a l l e l M a c h
p l a n e s in c l i n e d a t t h e M a c h a n g l e to t h e b o d y a x i s a n d s u c h t h a t t h e o r t h o g o n a l p l a n e c o n t a i n i n g
t h e b o d y a x i s i s i n c l i n e d a t t h e a n g l e 0 t o t h e ' p l a n e o f t h e w i n g ' . A g i v e n f a m i l y o f M a c h p l a n e s
c u t s t h e w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n o b l i q u e l y a n d t h u s d e fi n es a n o b l iq u e s e c t i o n a l ar e a d i s t r i b u t i o n
s ( x , O , M ) ,
w h e r e M i s t h e M a c h n u m b e r u n d e r c o n s i d e r a t io n . T h e c r o s s - se c t i o n a l a r e a d i s t r i b u -
t i o n S ( x , O , M ) = s ( x, O, M ) s i n i f, w h e r e ff i s t h e M a c h a n g l e , i s d e f i n e d t o b e a n e l e m e n t a l a r e a
d i s t r i b u t i o n . I t s a s s o c i a t e d w a v e d r a g is g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n (1) a s
q - - 2 ~ S ' (x ~ ,O , M ) S ( & , O , M ) l o g ] x ~ - - [ d & d & ; . . . . ( 2 )
w h e r e
S ( x , O , M )
d e n o t e s
~ 2 S ( x , O , M ) / ~ x ~
a n d i t i s a s s u m e d t h a t
S ' ( x , 0 , M )
i s c o n t i n u o u s
e v e r y w h e r e . W h e n M = 1 i t i s s e e n t h a t a l l t h e e l e m e n t a l a r e a d i s t r ib u t i o n s a r e t h e s a m e , b e i n g
e q u a l t o t h e c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n .
H a y e s T a n d H e a s l e t, L o m a x a n d S p r e i te r 16 o b t a i n e d a r e s u l t w h i c h a p p l i e s t o w i n g s o n l y b u t
i t s a p p l i c a t i o n to w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n s f o ll ow s i m m e d i a t e l y f ro m t h e a s s u m p t i o n t h a t t h e
e f fe c t of t h e i n t e r f e r e n c e v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l o n t h e w a v e d r a g is n e g l ig i b le * . T h e w a v e d r a g o f
t h e c o n f i g u r a t o n t h e r e f o r e c a n b e e x p r e s s e d i n t h e f o r m
D = 2 7 j o D (O , M ) dO , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)
i . e . ,
t h e w a v e d r a g o f a w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n a t a M a c h n u m b e r M i s t h e m e a n o f t h e w a v e
d r a g s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h a l l t h e e l e m e n t a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n s . T h i s i s a c o m p l e t e s t a t e m e n t o f t h e
* I n a p r i v a t e c o m m u n i c a t i o n L . E . F r a e n k e l h a s s h o w n t h a t t h i s a s s u m p t i o n i s v a l i d f o r s m a l l v a lu e s o f t h e r a t i o o f
b o d y r a d i u s t o w i n g c h o r d . T h i s c o n d i t i o n m a y b e d e r i v e d b y c o n s i d e r i n g a c o n f i g u r a t i o n w i t h a c i r c u l a r c y l i n d r i c a l
b o d y a n d t h e n o b s e r v i n g t h a t t h e i m p o r t a n t p a r a m e t e r o f a n i n t e rf e r en c e f l ow fi el d i s BR,/c w h e r e B = ~/ M 2 -- 1),
R , i s a t y p i c a l b o d y r a d i u s a n d c i s t h e w i n g - r o o t c h o r d . T h u s t h e i n t e r f e re n c e v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l c a n b e n e g l e c t e d
f o r s m a l l v a l u e s o f
BR,/c
b e c a u s e i t s e f f e c t v a n i s h e s w h e n R , = 0 a n d w h e n B - ----0 i .e ., M -- -- 1 ). W h e n t h e a b o v e
c o n d i t i o n i s n o t s a t i s fi e d t h e e r r o r i n t r o d u c e d b y t h e n e g l e c t o f t h e i n t e r fe r e rf c e v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l i s n o t k n o w n .
H o w e v e r , i t is p os s i bl e t h a t t h e e r r o r w i l l n o t b e l a r g e b e c a u s e t il e i n t e rf e r e n c e v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l c a n b e n e g l e c t e d
a l s o w h e n t h e r a t i o BR,/c i s l a r g e , a n y i n t e r f e r e n c e e f f e c ts v a n i s h i n g w h e n c = 0 o r B = o o.
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area rule originally given by Jones 5. Ward 8 has derived the same result by using operati onal
methods, while Graham, Be ane and Licher17 have also given this result. When M = 1, equa tions
(2) and (3) reduce to the sonic area-rule result, equation (1).
It is important to note that the derivation of the area rule (equation (3)), required all the
elemental area distributions to be such tha t S ( x , O , M ) is continuous everywhere. Nevertheless,
provided that almost all the elemental area distributions satisfy this requirement the wave drag
ma y still be given by equati on (3). This condition is much less restrictive tha n the original one*.
An elemental area distribution of a t hin-wing-slender-body combination can be written in the
approximate form S ( x , O , M ) = S ( x ) + S w ( x , O , M ) , where S ( x ) is the cross-sectional area distri-
bution of the body and Sw (x , O , M ) is the contr ibutio n from the exposed wing. The wing is take n
to lie in the plane z = 0 ( s ee Fig. 1) and its th ickness at the point. (x, y) is de noted by T ( x , y ) .
Consider any Mach plane cutting the axis at the point x = xl. Then this Mach plane cuts the
wing obliquely along an area which, whe n project ed on to t he plane x = xl, defines the area
Sw (x , O , M ) . This projection may be regarded as a projection on to a plane normal to the wing
followed by a project ion on to the plane x = xl. The former projection defines an area equal
to the wing thickness integrated along the line in which the Nach plane cuts the wing, i . e . , -
x -- xl = y ta n v where tan ~ = cot/~ cos 0. It follows that
S w ( x , O , M ) = f T ( x + Y l tan v, Yl) dyl .
T O
Heaslet, Lomax and Spreiter 16 obtaine d this result in an equiva lent form.
The above result applies to a wing lying in the plane z = 0. However, its extension to a more
general wing is not difficult and follows immedia tel y from the definition of an eleme ntal area
distribution. The general result, which includes the previous result as a special case, can be
written in the form
S w x , O , M ) = f T f f ) d r ,
T O
where an element of the wing plan-form is denoted by d x d r , a general point in the co-ordinate
system of Fig.. 1 is deno te d by R = (x, r), R = (x + Be0 r, r), where B = cot , ro is th e uni t
vector (cos
O,
sin 0) and 0 is defined by y = r cos 0, z = r sin 0.
2.2.2. D e s i g n f o r l o w w a v e d r a g . - - T h e problem of reducing the supersonic wave drag of a
wing-b ody combination with a given wing was exam ined first by J ones 5. At sonic speed, a bod y
may be modified so tha t the equival ent body, which has the same cross-sectional area distrib ution
as the wing-body combination, is an optim um with the same total volume,
i .e. ,
the modified body
is formed by shaping the opt imum equ ivalen t body in the region of the wing. At higher speeds
the wing may be influenced by, an d may itself influence, a larger part of the body. Thus t he
corresponding optimum equivalent body shaping extends outside the region of the wing and
may be shown to be over tha t part of the body withi n the Mach diamon d of the wing. Details
of this drag-reduction procedure are given in section 2.4.2. where the transfer rale is discussed.
Another problem of interest is that of reducing the wave drag of a general configuration and
this has been discussed by Jones5 in a qualitative form. All the ele mental area distributions
should be such that their associated wave drags are as low as possible. The design of combinations
* Since this report was completed, Lock has shown that the wave drag of a rectangular wing can be found using
the area rule (equations (2), (3)). Thus the smoothnesscondition that S (x, O, M ) be continuous everywhereappears
to be unnecessary for the wing of a configuration.
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satisfying this requir ement appears to be very difficult except in certain special cases ; for example,
at low supersonic speeds only a small number of elemental area distributions are required and
so an iterati on met hod can be used to obtain a modified configuration with low wave drag.
In the case of an isolated wing it is interesting to use the area rule to determine the optimum
thickness distribution for minimum wave drag, the plan-form and volume of the wing being
given. A particular case of this problem was first exami ned by J ones1 who showed that if the
plan-form is elliptic then the wing section must be parabolic-arc biconvex with thlckness/chord
ratio proportional to local chord. However, Graham, Beane and Licher17 have u sed the area
rule to obtain the same result and hav e shown that all the el ementa l area distributions represent
Sears-Haack bodies
( i .e. ,
bodies of min im um wave drag for given lengt h and volume.) The
result for the w ave-drag coefficient of the opt imu m wing of elliptic plan-form is
~ A ~ B ~ ~ A ~ B ~ ~
where CD is base d upon the wing plan- form area
A is the aspect ratio of the wing
*0 is the t hickness/ chord ratio at the wing root.
Also o =
32V)/ ~Ac3),
where-V is the vol ume of the wing and c is the wing-r oot chord.
2.3.
M o m e n t o f A r e a R u l e . - -2 . 3 . 1 . E s t i m a t io n o f w a v e d r a g . - - T h e
mome nt of area-rule met hod
is due to Baldwin and Dickey~, who expanded the wave drag in a series o.f powers of
B~ -- (M s - 1). The results presented later in this section are similar and were obta ined
indepen dently of Baldwin and Dickey~ whose results will be described first.
T h e first step towards a series solution in ascending powers of B ~ was made by Adams and
Sears ~ who develope d a not- so-s lend er wing theory by ob taining an expansion up to the first
power of B ~, th e te rm indep enden t of B ~being the slender-wing solution. These results emphasise
the fact that the series solution is actually an expansion in ascending powers of B 2 k ~ where k is
the slenderness para met er in troduce d by Ada ms a nd Sears ~. For example, in some wing problems
k may be defined as the aspect ratio.
Before proceeding with a description of the m ome nt of area rule developed by Baldwin and
Dickey11, it is necessary to obta in an al ternati ve form of equa tion (1). Using the subs titution
x = (1 -- cos ~), 0 ~< x ~< 1, S ( x ) is expressed as a Fourier sine series in th e new variable ~ ;
namely
S ( x ) = ~ A , ~ s i n n ~ , 0 ~< ~ ~< ~.
Substituting this series in equation (1) shows that the wave drag is given by
D ~ oo
~. nA,,~ .
q
Therefore, using similar substitutions equation (3) can be written as
q s o ,~=1
where
A , ( O . M )
is the F ourier coefficient appropriate to th e ele mental area distribu tion
S ( x , 0 , M ) .
Baldwin and Dickeyn expanded the Fourier coefficient
A, ,(O, M )
in a series of powers of
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B ~ = ( M ~ - 1) a n d i t is fo u n d t h a t , w i t h i n t h e u s u a l o r d e r o f a p p r o x i m a t i o n , t h e w a v e d r a g
o f a c o n f i g u ra t i o n w i t h t h e w i n g in t h e p l a n e z = 0 (see F i g . 1 ) d e p e n d s s o l e l y u p o n t h e m o m e n t s
o f a r e a d e f i n e d b y
= s x ) + t
T ( x ,
Y )
dy
d
T.~ 0
a n d
M , ( x ) = | T ( x , y ) y i d y , i even , i
>~
2 ,
d
T O
w h e r e S(x ) i s t h e c r o s s - s e c ti o n a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h e b o d y a n d , i n t h e n o t a t i o n o f F i g . 1 ,
T ( x , y ) i s t h e w i n g t h i c k n e s s a t t h e p o i n t ( x, y ) . C l e a r ly , Mo(x) i s e q u a l t o t h e c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l
a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h e w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n a n d M~(x) i s e q u a l to t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h e
c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l p o l a r m o m e n t o f i n e r t i a o f t h e w i n g .
T h e f i n a l r e s u l t fo r t h e w a v e d r a g m a y b e w r i t t e n i n t h e f o r m D /q = ao + a=B~ - /O ( B ~) , w h e r e
a 0 d e p e n d s u p o n Mo(x) a n d a ~ d e p e n d s u p o n b o t h Mo(x) a n d M~(x) . T h e h i g h e r t e r m s i n t h i s
s e r i e s a r e m o r e c o m p l e x a n d s o , a s B a l d w i n a n d D i c k e y *t h a v e s t a t e d , t h e m e t h o d i s s i m p l e t o
a p p l y o n l y a t l o w s u p e r s o n i c sp e e ds . N e v e r t h e l e s s , w i t h i n t h i s s p e e d r a n g e i t d oe s o ff e r a s i m p l e
q u a l i t a t i v e m e t h o d f o r r e d u c i n g w a v e d r a g ; a us e f u l r e q u i r e m e n t is t h a t t h e m o m e n t o f a r e a
d i s t r i b u t i o n s b e a s s m o o t h a n d ' s l e n d e r ' a s p o s s ib l e . I t i s s u g g e s t e d t h a t , i n g e n e r a l , i t w i ll b e
s u f f ic i e n t t o c o n s i d e r o n l y Mo(x) a n d M~(x) .
B e g i n n i n g f r o m e q u a t o n s (2 ) a n d (3 ) i t h a s b e e n s h o w n t h a t , f o r a c o n f i g u r a t i o n o f u n i t l e n g t h ,
t h e w a v e d r a g is g iv e n b y
q - o o lo
+ - ~ { ~ , ~ (& )} ~ -~ { ~ , ~ (& )} lo g Ix ~ - - x~[
d d + O ( B ~ ) , . . . .
(4)
w h e r e % , , (x ) , J i , a(x ) a r e g e n e r a l i s e d m o m e n t s o f a r e a d e f i n e d b y
1 Ri+ 2(x, O) cos 40 dO
- i o
1 f f~R ~ '~(x , 0 ) s in 40 dO
0
w h e r e r = R ( x , 0) i s t h e e q u a t i o n o f t h e c r o s s - s e c t io n a t t h e s t a t i o n x . I t i s a s s u m e d t h a t t h e
s e ri e s i n e q u a t i o n (4) i s c o n v e r g e n t a n d t h a t a l l n e c e s s a r y c o n t i n u i t y a n d d i f f e r e n t i a b i l i t y c o n -
d i t i o n s a r e sa ti sf ie d . F u r t h e r m o r e , s i n c e t h e b o d y i s s l e nd e r i t is i m p o r t a n t t o n o t e t h a t t h e
e x p r e s s i o n s f o r t h e g e n e r a l i s e d m o m e n t s o f a r e a c a n b e s i m p l if i ed . W i t h i n t h e u s u a l o r d e r o f
a p p r o x i m a t i o n , t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n o f t h e b o d y c a n b e n e g l e c t ed f o r a l l % ,~ , ~ , ~ ( i 0 ). T h u s i n
e q u a t i o n (4 ) t h e b o d y c o n t r i b u t e s t o t h e w a v e d r a g o n l y i n s o f a r a s d o e s S(x ) , t h e c r o s s - s e c t io n a l
a r e a d i s t ri b u t i o n o f t h e w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n . F o r a w i n g s y m m e t r i c a l a b o u t t h e p l a n e s
0 = O, ~/2 (see F i g. 1) th e g e n e r a l is e d m o m e n t s o f a r e a c a n b e w r i t t e n i n t h e s i m p l e r f o r m s
~'i ,a(x) = 0 , Z odd ,
Y,,a(x) ---- O , a ll ,~,
a n d s i n c e ~ , 0 (x ) i s t h e i t h m o m e n t o f a r ea , i t f o ll o w s t h a t ~ , 0 (x ) = M~(x)~
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T h u s e q u a t i o n ( 4 ) b e c o m e s
B 2
D = D { S } -J ---4 [ D { S + M ( ' } - - D { S } -
D{M('}] -}-
O (B 4 ) , . . . . . . (5)
Wahere
D { S }, D { M ( ' }, D { S + M ( ' }
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a p p l i c a b i l i t y o f e q u a t i o n (5 ) b u t i t is n o t u n d u l y r e s t r i c t i v e s i nc e l fo r e x a m p l e , i t i s s a t i sf i e d b y
a n u n s w e p t , t a p e r e d w i n g w i t h s t r a i g h t e d g e s a n d b i c o n v e x s e c ti o n o f c o n s t a n t t h i c k n e s s ra t io .
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2 .3 .2 , a l t h o u g h i t is n o t s a t is f i e d b y t h e J o n e s e l l i p t ic w i n g d i s c u s s e d i n S e c t i o n 2. 2. 2. W h e n
t h e w i n g is d e f in e d n u m e r i c a l l y , e q u a t i o n (5) h a s t h e s e r io u s d i s a d v a n t a g e t h a t t h e w a v e d r a g
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n u m e r i c a l e v a l u a t i o n o f t h e w a v e d r a g i s c o n s i d e r a b l y s im p l i fi e d a n d c a n b e c a r r i e d o u t u s i n g
t h e m e t h o d s o f S e c t io n 4.2 . H o w e v e r , i t s h o u l d b e e m p h a s i s e d t h a t b o t h S ' ( x ) a n d M ( ( x ) m u s t
b e c o n t i n u o u s e v e r y w h e r e b e fo r e e q u a t i o n (5 ) c a n b e u s e d . T h e r e f o r e t h e F o u r i e r - se r i e s m e t h o d
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z e r o a p p e a r i n t h e w a v e d r a g . T h u s t h i s f o r m o f t h e w a v e d r a g i s u s e f u l w h e n m o s t o f t h e A , ,
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a n d D i c k e y 1~ h a v e e x a m i n e d t h e u s e o f t h e m e t h o d i n d e s i g n i n g c o n f ig u r a ti o n s w i t h m i n i m u m
w a v e d r a g u n d e r s p e ci fi e d c o n d i ti o n s . T h e p r o c e d u r e u s e d i s a s te p - b y - s t e p o p t i m i s a t i o n t e c h n i q u e
w h e r e b y s u c ce s s iv e t e r m s i n t h e s e r ie s s o l u t i o n a r e o p t i m i s e d o n e a f t e r t h e o t h e r . T h u s a u n i q u e
s e t o f m o m e n t d i s t r i b u t i o n s i s f o u n d .
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t h e r a n g e o f a p p l i c a b i l i t y o f t h e o p t i m u m t e c h n i q u e . T h i s e m p h a s i se s o n c e a g a i n th e r e s t r ic t i o n
o f t h e m e t h o d t o l o w su p e r s o n ic s p e e d s a n d t h e r e f o r e t h a t i t i s n e c e s s a ry t o c o n s id e r o n l y t h e
f ir s t f e w te r m s o f t h e s e ri es so l u ti o n . B a l d w i n a n d D i c k e y 11 h a v e p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e s t e p - b y - s t e p
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p r o c e d u r e , b a s e d o n e q u a t i o n (5 ), w i ll b e o b t a i n e d i f t h e t e r m i n B ~ i s n e g a t i v e i n s t e a d o f z e r o
a s i n t h e a b o v e p r o c e d u re . T h e f a c t t h a t t h e t e r m i n B 2 c a n b e n e g a t i v e i s s h o w n r e a d i l y b y
c o n s i d e r i n g a n u n s w e p t w i n g , s u c h a s t h e J o n e s e l l i p t ic w i n g d i s c u s se d i n S e c t i o n 2 .2 .2 .
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b i n a t io n s h a s b e e n g i v e n b y B a l d w i n a n d D i c k e y 11. F i r s t l y , t h e o p t i m u m a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n w a s
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r e v o l u t i o n n e a r t h e w i n g t i p s w h i le m o d i f y i n g t h e b o d y t o r e t a i n t h e o p t i m u m a r e a d i s tr i b u t io n .
T h e t e s t s i n v o l v e d a n u n m o d i f ie d c o n f i g u r at io n , o n e w i t h t h e o p t i m u m a r e a d i s t r i b u t io n a s w e l l
a s o ne w i t h b o t h t h e o p t i m u m a r e a d i s t r ib u t i o n s a n d , i t w i l l b e n o t e d , a n o p t i m u m , l e n g t h e n e d
s e c o n d m o m e n t d i s t ri b u t i o n . B y c o n s id e r in g t h e d i ff e re n c e b e t w e e n t h e w a v e d r a g o f t h e w i n g -
b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n a n d t h e w a v e d r a g o f t h e b o d y a lo n e th e a g r e e m e n t b e t w e e n t h e o r y a n d
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e l l i p ti c w i n g o f a s p e c t r a t i o 2. A t M = 1 . 4 t h e m o m e n t o f a r e a - r u l e m o d e l h a d a s l i g h t l y l o w e r
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s u p e r s o n i c s p e e d s b y u s i n g t h e m o m e n t o f a r e a ru l e . H o w e v e r , b e c a u s e 12 h a s b e e n i n c r e a s e d
w i t h o u t c h a n g i n g M ~(0 ), th e s e e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u l ts d o n o t j u s t i f y a n y t h i n g m o r e t h a n t h e u s e
o f s m o o t h , s l e n d e r s e c o n d m o m e n t d i s t ri b u t io n s .
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i n c o n t r a s t t o t h e m e t h o d d e s c r ib e d i n S e c t i o n 2. 2. 2, w h e r e b y t h e m a i n b o d y o n l y w a s s h a p e d
f o r m i n i m u m w a v e d r a g . T h u s i t w o u l d b e d e s i ra b l e t o e x a m i n e c o m b i n a t i o n s w i t h s u b s i d i a r y
b o d i e s n e a r t h e w i n g t i p s b y u s i n g t h e m e t h o d s a p p l i c a b l e a t a n y s u p e r s o n i c s p e e d , n a m e l y ,
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a n y r e s t r ic t i o n s o n t h e v a l i d i t y o f e q u a t i o n (6) b u t i t i s v a l i d o n l y i f t h e e f fe c t o f t h e i n t e r f e r e n c e
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d e f i n e s a w i n g e l e m e n t a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n .
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e q u a t i o n (8 ), is w r i t t e n i n t h e f o r m
D = D w + D { S + A } - D { A } , . . . . . . . . . .
1 0 )
w h e r e D{ S + A} , D ( A } d e n o t e t h e w a v e d r a g , g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n (1 ), a s so c i a t e d w i t h t h e a r e a
d i s t r i b u t i o n s S(x) + A(x) , A(x) , a n d D w i s t h e w a v e d r a g o f t h e e x p o s e d w i ng . E q u a t i o n (1 0)
s h o w s t h a t t h e i n t e r f e r e n c e w a v e d r a g c a n b e e x p r e s s e d a s Dw B = D { S + A } -- D { S } - ,D{A}.
F o r a s l e n d e r w i n g ,
D w = D { A }
t o t h e o r d e r of a p p r o x i m a t i o n c o n s i d e re d a n d s o D =
D{S -1- A},
v c h ic h i s t h e s t a n d a r d r e s u l t o f s l e n d e r - b o d y t h e o r y .
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D w
i s t h e w a v e d r a g
o f t h e e x p o s e d w i n g , n o t t h e w a v e d r a g o f s o m e s u i t a b l y c h o s e n g r os s w i n g . D e n o t e a s u i t a b l y
c h o s e n g r os s w i n g b y W 0 a n d t h e p o r t i o n b l a n k e t e d b y t h e b o d y b y A W = W 0 - - W . F u r t h e r -
m o r e , d e n o t e t h e b o d y s o u rc e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n b y Q ~, t h e w i n g so u r ce r e p r e s e n t a t i o n b y
Qw
a n d
s o o n . T h e n , t h e f u n d a m e n t a l a s s u m p t i o n t h a t t h e i n te r f e re n c e v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l c a n b e n e g l e c t e d
s h o w s t h a t t h e s o u r c e d i s t r i b u t i o n r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n i s Q =
Qw + Q~.
T h e r e f o r e Q = Qwo + QB -- Q~w, w h e r e Q~w i s t h e s o u r c e d i s t r i b u t i o n r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e p o r t i o n o f
t h e g r o ss w i n g b l a n k e t e d b y t h e b o d y . T h u s Q~w d o e s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y r e p r e s e n t a s le n d e r b o d y
a l t h o u g h A W is a l o w - a s p e c t - r a t i o w i n g . B u t , QAw c a n b e i n c o r p o r a t e d w i t h t h e s l e n d e r - b o d y
s o u r c e d i s t r i b u t i o n Q B, i .e . , f o r t h e p u r p o s e s o f w a v e d r a g e v a l u a t i o n Q ~w m a y b e r e p l a c e d b y t h e
e q u i v a l e n t s l e n d e r - b o d y s o u r c e d i s t r i b u t i o n
Q~A,
w h e r e
A A
i s t h e ( t ra n s f e r re d ) a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n
o f t h e b l a n k e t e d w i n g A W . T h e w a v e d r a g o f t h e c o n f i g u r a ti o n c a n n o w b e s i m p l if ie d a n d
e c ~ u a ti o n ( 1 0 ) b e c o m e s
D = Dwo + D { S + A } - - D {A + A A } , . . . . . . . . (11)
i t b e i n g a s s u m e d t h a t
A A ( x )
i s c o n t i n u o u s e v e r y w h e r e . T h i s r e s u l t i s a d v a n t a g e o u s w h e n
Dwo i s k n o w n f r o m e x i s t in g r e s u l ts i n s u p e r s o n i c w i n g t h e o r y .
A n a l t e r n a t i v e m e t h o d o f c h a n g i n g e q u a t i o n ( 1 0) i n t o a fo r m s u i t a b l e fo r c o m p u t a t i o n i s t o
r e p l a c e
D w
b y
DWN,
t h e w a v e d r a g o f t h e n e t w i n g . T o c o n s t r u c t t h e n e t w i n g , t h e s e g m e n t s o f
t h e e x p o s e d w i n g a r e p l a c e d t o g e t h e r t o f o rm a c o n t i n u o u s w i n g . T h i s p r o c e d u r e i s n o t u n -
r e a s o n a b l e b e c a u s e Dw = DWN a t M -= 1 , oo. T h e f a c t t h a t Dw ~ DWN a t o t h e r M a c h n u m b e r s
s e r i o u sl y l i m i t s t h e a c c u r a c y o f a n y r e s u l ts o b t a i n e d b y s e t t i n g
Dw = Dw~v
i n e q u a t i o n ( 1 0 ) .
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I t h a s b e e n p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e m o m e n t - o f - a r e a r u le i s a p p l ic a b l e a t l o w su p e r s o n ic sp e e d s a n d ,
s i n c e t h i s m e t h o d i s u s e f u l , i t i s d e s i r a b l e t o i n v e s t i g a t e t h e t r a n s f e r r u l e a t s u c h s p e e d s . F r o m
t h e r e s u l t s g i v e n i n t h e p r e v i o u s d i s c u s s i o n i t w i ll b e s e e n t h a t a s i m p l e r e x p r e s s i o n f o r t h e
t r a n s f e r r e d a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h e w i n g s y s t e m is r e q u i r e d . T h i s is r e a d i l y f o u n d a t M = 1 s i n c e
t h e t r a n s f e / r e d a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n i s t h e n e q u a l t o t h e c r o s s -s e c t i o n a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h e w i n g .
A t l o w s u p e r s o n i c s p e e d s t h e t r a n s f e r r e d a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n A (x ) c a n b e r e p l a c e d b y a d i s t r i b u t i o n
d e r i v e d a s f o l l o w s .
C o n s i d e r a n a r r o w s t r e a m w i s e s t r i p of t h e w i n g a t a d i s t a n c e R f r o m t h e a x i s a n d w i t h t h e
c r o s s - se c t i o n a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n ~ ( x ) . I t h a s b e e n s h o w n t h a t A ( x) is e q u a l t o t h e m e a n w i n g
e l e m e n t a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d s o, d e n o t i n g t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n o f t h e s t r e a m w i s e s t r i p t o A (x ) b y
bA (x) , i t f o l lows t h a t
d A (x ) = ~ ~ ( x - - B R cos 0) dO
o r
2 ~ a ~
a A ( x ) = ~ J o , { ~ ( x - - B R cos O) + ~ ( x + B R cos 0)} dO .
T h u s , w h e n B R = 0 , dA (x) ----- V(x) an d A (x) i s equ a l t o t he c ros s - sec t io na l a r e a d i s t r ib u t io n o f
t h e w i n g . - W h e n
B R
i s s m a l l t h e i n t e g r a n d i s a l m o s t c o n s t a n t a n d m a y b e r e p la c e d b y
{~(x - - B R cos ~/4) + N ( x + B R c o s ~ /4 ) }, s in c e 0 = ~ / 4 i s a m e a n v a l u e o f 0 i n t h e r a n g e o f
i n t e g r a t i o n , i . e . ,
B R
a n d , i f 7x ( x ) i s c o n t in u o u s e v e r y w h e r e ,
aA x) _ +
( t h i s l a s t r e s u l t m a y b e d e r i v e d b y e x p a n d i n g A (x ) i n a s c e n d i n g p o w e r s o f B~R~).
T h e r e f o r e , ~ it l o w s u p e r s o n i c s p e e d s w h e r e
B R
i s s m a l l , t h e s i m p l i f i e d p r o c e d u r e f o r c a l c u l a t i n g
A (x ) i s t o t r a n s f e r a n e l e m e n t o f w i n g c r o s s -s e c t io n a l a r e a d ~, s i t u a t e d a t t h e p o i n t ( x l , r l ) b y
p l a c i n g e l e m e n t s
d~ 112
a t t h e p o i n t s I x - - x l[ = B i t 1 ] X /2 . T h i s p r o c e d u r e c a n b e a p p l i e d e a s i l y
a n d q u i c k l y .
2.4.2. D e s i g n f o r l ow w a v e d r a g . - - T h e p r o b l e m o f d e t e r m i n i n g t h e o p t i m u m f u s e l a g e w h e n t h e
w i n g i s g i v e n h a s b e e n e x a m i n e d b y W a r d 9,10. F r o m e q u a t i o n (1 0), i t fo l lo w s t h a t t h e w a v e d r a g ,
a t a g i v e n M a c h n u m b e r , w i ll b e a m i n i m u m w h e n t h e w a v e d r a g, D { S - / A } , o f t h e b o d y w i t h
t h e c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n S ( x ) - k A ( x ) is a m i n i m u m . T h u s t h e p r o b l e m h a s b e e n
r e d u c e d t o a n e q u i v a l e n t s l e n d e r - b o d y p r o b l e m w h i c h c a n b e t r e a t e d u s i n g t h e m e t h o d s g i v e n b y
L o r d a n d E m i n t o n . F o r a g i v en w i n g a n d M a c h n u m b e r , t h e o p t i m u m b o d y c a n b e f o u n d b u t
i t w i l l b e n o t i c e d t h a t t h e n e w e x p o s e d w i n g u s u a l l y d i ff e rs s l ig h t l y f r om t h e g i v e n w i n g .
F o l l o w i n g W a r d 1 t h i s d if fe r en c e is t a k e n i n t o a c c o u n t b y c o m b i n i n g i t w i t h t h e b o d y . H o w e v e r ,
s i n c e t h e e f fe c t o n t h e b o d y s h a p e i s s m a l l , t h i s a d d i t i o n a l r e f i n e m e n t c a n b e n e g l e c t e d i f i t i s
d e s i r e d t o s i m p l i f y t h e a n a l y s i s .
T h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h i s p ro c e d u r e a t l o w s u p e r so n i c s p e e d s c a n b e c o m p a r e d w i t h t h e m o m e n t -
o f - a r e a r u l e m e t h o d , w h i c h is d e s c r i b e d i n S e c t i o n 2. 3. 2. T h e a r e a - r u l e a n d t r a n s f e r - r u l e m e t h o d s
c o n s i d e r c o n f i g u r a t i o n s w i t h f i x e d w i n g s a n d d e r i v e a b o d y s h a p e w h i c h , i t w i l l b e n o t e d , v a r i e s
w i t h M a t h n u m b e r . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , t h e m o m e n t - o f - a r e a ru l e c o n si d e rs v a r i a t i o n s i n w i n g
g e o m e t r y , s u c h a s t h e a d d i t i o n o f b o d i e s n e a r t h e w i n g t ip s , a n d d e r iv e s o n e b o d y s h a p e f o r t h e
e n t i r e l o w s u p e r s o n i c M a c h - n u m b e r r a n g e .
A m o r e g e n e r a l m i n i m u m d r a g p r o b l e m a r is e s if , f o r e x a m p l e , o n l y t h e w i n g p l a n a r e a , s p a n
a n d v o l u m e a r e fi x e d a s w e l l a s t h e b o d y l e n g t h a n d v o l u m e . S u c h p r o b l e m s h a v e n o t b e e n
e x a m i n e d i n th e l i te r a t u re a l t h o u g h W a r d 9 h a s m a d e s om e r e l e v a n t c o m m e n t s , w h e n t h e M a c h
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d i a m o n d e n c lo s in g t h e w i n g li es w i t h i n t h e b o d y l e n g t h . H e sh o w s t h a t t h e w a v e d r a g O f a
w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n s u b j e c t t o t h e s e r e s t ri c t io n s c a n n o t b e re d u c e d t o t h a t o f t h e S e a r s - H a a c k
b o d y w i t h th e s a m e t o t a l v o l u m e a n d l e n g th . T h i s r e s u l t d o es n o t n e c e s s a r il y i m p l y t h a t t h e
w a v e d r a g c a n n o t b e r e d u c e d t o a l ow v a lu e .
I t i s su g g e s t e d b y W a r d 9 t h a t t h e f u se l a ge s h o u l d a l w a y s b e d e s i g n e d s u f f ic i e n tl y l o n g f o r t h e
w i n g s y s t e m t o b e i n c l u d e d w i t h i n i t s M a c h d i a m o n d , i . e . ,
S x)
i s c h o s e n s o t h a t i t i s n o n - z e r o
w h e r e v e r A (x ) is n o n - z e r o .
A n i m p o r t a n t c la s s o f o p t i m i s a t i o n p r o b l e m s h a s b e e n e x a m i n e d b y L o m a x a n d H e a s l e t 13, w h o
h a v e i n v e s t i g a t e d t h e o p t i m u m f u se l ag e d e s ig n fo r a r a n g e o f M a c h n u m b e r s , t h e w i n g b e i n g
f i x e d ( i t h a s b e e n s h o w n e a r l i e r i n t h i s S e c t i o n t h a t D{S + A} i s t h e n t h e o n l y t e r m d e p e n d i n g
o n t h e f u s e la g e ) . L o m a x a n d H e a s l e P 3 c o n s i d e r in e f fe c t t h e m i n i m i s a t i o n o f t h e i n t e g r a l
{ s + A } d i n ,
w h e r e M ~ ,
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3 . C o n fi g u ra t io n s R e p r e s e n t e d b y D i s c o n t i n u o u s S o u r c e D i s t r i b u t i o n s . - - 3 . 1 . I s o la t e d l / V i n g s . ~
W a r d ~ h a s s h o w n t h a t t h e w a v e d r a g a s s o c i a t e d w i t h a d i s c o n t i n u o u s s u r f a c e s o u r c e d i s t r i b u t i o n i s
- - P c o s h - I d Q R I ) a s 2 d Q R ) . . . . 1 2 )
4 z ~ ~ I r , - r . I
W h e r e s0 i s t h e f r e e - s t r e a m d e n s i t y
p oQ (R ) i s t h e s o u r c e d e n s i t y a t t h e p o i n t R = ( x, y , z )
r i s t h e p o s i t i o n v e c t o r i n a p l a n e x = c o n s t a n t , i . e ., r = ( y , z)
d S d x d e n o t e s a g e n e r a l v o l u m e e l e m e n t ,
t h e c o - o r d i n a t e s
( x , y , z )
a r e c h o s e n a s i n F ig . 1 a n d t h e i n t e g r a t i o n i s o v e r r e a l v a l u e s o f t h e
i n t e g r a n d . F u r t h e r m o r e , s i n c e Q (R ) i s a d i s c o n t i n u o u s f u nc ti op , o f x t h e a b o v e i n t e g r a l is a
d o u b l e S t i e l t j e s i n t e g r a l w h i c h m u s t b e w r i t t e n i n th i s f or m . I t i s p o s s ib l e to r e p la c e d Q (R ) b y
Q' (R)
d x
o n l y w h e n Q (R ) is a c o n t i n u o u s f u n c t i o n o f x .
I t f ol lo w s d i r e c tl y f ro m e q u a t i o n ( 12 ) t h a t t h e w a v e d r a g o f a w i n g is g iv e n b y
0 U 2 / I x l - x 2 1
D - -
4 3 1 J ~ c s h - ~ \ B T r ( - - r o l ] d T ' ( R 1 ),
(13)
w h e r e d x d r d e n o t e s a n e l e m e n t o f a r e a o f t h e w i ng , T (R ) d e n o t e s t h e w i n g t h i c k n e s s a t t h e
p o i n t R , a n d t h e i n t e g r a t i o n i s o v e r t h o s e p a r t s o f t h e w i n g f o r w h i c h t h e i n t e g r a n d is r e a l. T h i s
r e s u l t h a s b e e n g i v e n b y W a r d W h e n t h e w i n g ' h a s r o u n d e d s u b s o n i c l e a d i n g e d g e s i t is m o d i f ie d
b y t h e a d d i t i o n o f a l e a d i n g - e d g e ~d r a g f o rc e . S u c h f o rc e s a r e e x a m i n e d i n S e c t io n 5 .
I t i s Of i n t e r e s t t o n o t e t h a t W a r d 1 h a s s u g g e s t e d t h a t e q u a t i o n s ( 1 2 ) a n d ( 1 3 ) s h o u l d b e
m o d i f i e d w h e n t h e t o t a l s o u r c e s t r e n g t h i s n o t z e ro , i .e . , t h e b o d y i s n o t c lo s ed . S u c h a m o d i f i c a -
t i o n is n e e d e d t o a ll o w f o r t h e b a s e d r a g t e r m . E q u a t i o n ( 1 3 ) g i v e s t h e e x t e r n a l w a v e d r a g o f
a w i n g , e x c e p t fo r t h e b a s e d r a g , w h e t h e r t h e t o t a l s o u rc e s t r e n g t h i s z e r o o r n o t . T h i s r e s u l t
c a n b e p r o v e d m o s t e a s i ly i f t h e s o u r ce s a r e i n c l u d e d in t h e e q u a t i o n o f c o n t i n u i t y a n d t h e
a e r o d y n a m i c f o r c e s a re c a l c u l a t e d b y t h e m e t h o d o f W a r d 21.
A p a r t i c u l a r f o r m o f t h e r e s u l t , e q u a t i o n (1 3), h a s b e e n g i v e n b y L i g h t h i l P 2 f o r a p l a n e w i n g
w i t h p o l y g o n a l s t r e a m w i s e s e c t io n s . T h e w a v e d r a g o f a w i n g l y i n g i n th e p l a n e z = 0 ( see Fig. 1)
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( n = 1 , 2 , 3 , . . . ) .
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. b y i n t e g r a t i n g t h e p r e s su r e d i s t r i b u t i o n o v e r t h e w i n g p l a n - fo r m . F u r t h e r m o r e , i n v i e w o f t h e
u s e f u l n e s s of t h e s o n ic , a r e a r u l e , t h e r e s u l t a s M - - > 1 i n e q u a t i o n ( 1 3 ) i s o f i n t e r e s t . I n m a n y
c a s e s t h e p r e s e n c e o f d i s c o n t i n u i t i e s i n T ' i m p l ie s t h a t t h e l i n e a r i se d t h e o r y y i e l d s i n f in i t e w a v e
d r a g a t M = 1 b u t t h e r e a r e c a s e s f o r w h i c h it y i e l d s f i n i te w a v e d r a g a t M = 1. T h i s p o i n t
h a s b e e n d is c u ss e d b y H e a s l e t , L o m a x a n d S p r e i t e r 16 a n d b y L o r d , R o s s a n d E m i n t o n I t
w o u l d a p p e a r t h a t t h e w a v e d r a g is f i n i te a t M = 1 w h e n t h e r a t e o f c h a n g e of t h e c r o s s - s e c t io n a l
a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n is c o n t i n u o u s e v e r y w h e r e .
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I s o l a t e d B o d i e s . - - T h e
w a v e d r a g of a s le n d e r b o d y w h i c h c a n b e r e p r e s e n t e d b y a d is c o n-
t i n u o u s s u r f a c e so u r c e d i s tr i b u t i o n h a s b e e n g i v e n b y F r a e n k e l a n d P o r t n o y ~ . T h e s u r fa c e
s l o p e ~ i s d i s c o n t i n u o u s o n a f i n i t e n u m b e r o f c o n t o u r s C ~ ( i = 1 , 2 , . . . , ~ ) l y i n g i n p l a n e s x = &
a n d s e p a r a t e d b y d i s ta n c e s o f m a g n i t u d e 0 ( 1 ), t h e b o d y l e n g t h b e i n g 0 (1 ) . T h e n , w i t h i n t h e
u s u a l o r d e r o f a p p r o x i m a t i o n , t h e w a v e d r a g o f th i s b o d y i s g i v e n b y
D 1 1
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A S I
-]- ii= l
~ C i
[(~,,)~=~,_ A w - - ( A4 ~ ,) ~ n ,= ~ + ] d r , . . . . . (14)
i s ~ t h a t p o r t io n o f t h e s l e n d e r b o d y p e r t u r b a t i o n v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l w h i c h c a n
b e d e t e r m i n e d f r o m t h e t w o - d i m e n s i o n a l i n c o m p r e s s i b l e c r o s s - f l o w
i s t h e i n c r e a s e i n ~ a t t h e p o i n t o f d i s c o n t i n u i t y x = &
d e n o t e s t h e d i s c o n t i n u i t y in t h e s u r fa c e s l o p e a t t h e p o i n t x = x~
d e n o t e s t h e d i s c o n t i n u i t y i n S ( x ) a t t h e p o i n t x = &
d e n o t e s t h e f i n i te p a r t o f a d o u b l e S t i e l t j e s i n t e g r a l t a k e n o v e r a l l v a l u e s o f x l
a n d x2 f r o m j u s t u p s t r e a m o f t h e b o d y n o s e to j u s t d o w n s t r e a m o f t h e b o d y
b a s e
a n d t i le i n t e g r a t i o n i n t h e t h i r d t e r m is , o v e r t h e c o n t o u r C~.
F r a e n k e l a n d P o r t n o y 2~ ~ a v e s h o w n t h a t t h e w a v e d r ag , g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n (1 4), r e m a i n s
u n c h a n g e d i f t h e s t r e a m d i r e c ti o n i s r e v er se d . F u r t h e r m o r e , t h e v a r i a t i o n o f t h e w a v e d r a g
w i t h M u c h n u m b e r d e p e n d s s o le l y o n t h e d i s c o n t i n u i t ie s i n S ( x ) a n d d o e s n o t d e p e n d u p o n t h e
c r o s s - se c t i o n a l s h a p e . T h e c a s e w h e n t h e b o d y p r o f il e i s d i s c o n t i n u o u s h a s b e e n e x a m i n e d b y
F r a e n k e l a n d P o r t n o y ~-~ b u t n o a p p l i c a t i o n s o f t h e r e s u l t t o e n g i n e i n t a k e s h a v e b e e n g i v e n .
F i n a l l y , i t s h o u l d b e m e n t i o n e d t h a t t h e r e s u l t o b t a i n e d b y W a r d ~ d i ff e rs f r o m e q u a t i o n ( 14 )
a n d i s n o t c o r r e c t fo r a s l e n d e r b o d y o f a r b i t r a r y c r o s s -s e c t io n a l sh a p e .
T h e e f f e c t o f c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l s h a p e o n t h e w a v e d r a g o f a s l e n d e r b o d y c a n b e i n v e s t i g a t e d u s i n g
e q u a t i o n (1 4). T h e p r e s e n c e o f t h e t h i r d t e r m i n e q u a t i o n ( 1 4 ) s h o w s t h a t t h e c r o ss - s e c ti o n a l
s h a p e a t a n d w i t h i n t h e n e i g h b o u r h o o d o f a d i s c o n t i n u i t y in su r f ac e s l o pe i s i m p o r t a n t a n d
t h a t t h e r e f o r e t h e w a v e d r a g o f s l e n d e r b o d i e s d o e s n o t d e p e n d s o l e l y o n t h e c r o s s -s e c t i o n a l
a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n . I t f o ll o w s t h a t t h e w a v e d r a g is i n d e p e n d e n t o f t h e c r o s s- s e c t io n a l s h a p e
a w a y f r o m t h e d i sc o n t i n u it i es . W a r d 1 h a s p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e w a v e d r a g i s a m a x i m u m f o r
t h e b o d y o f r e v o l u t i o n . B o d i e s of e l l ip t i c c r o s s- s e c ti o n h a v e b e e n e x a m i n e d b y F r a e n k e P 5 w h o
h a s s h o w n t h a t t h e w a v e d r a g o f t h e e q u i v a l e n t b o d y o f r e v o l u t i o n is g r e a t e r b y a n a m o u n t
g ~ i : l
w h e r e e i s t h e e c c e n t r i c i t y o f t h e e l l i p t i c c r o s s- s e c ti o n . I t w a s p o i n t e d o u t b y F r a e n k e P 5 t h a t i f
t h e c r o s s - s e c t i o n i s ' n e a r l y ' c i rc u l a r , i n t h e s e n s e t h a t e --- 0 ( # /~ ) , w h e r e t i s t h e t h i c k n e s s r a t i o
o f t h e b o d y , t h e n t h e w a v e d r a g , w h i c h is 0 ( # l o g t ), w i l l n o t c h a n g e t o t h i s o r d e r. H e n c e i t m a y
b e a s s u m e d t h a t m o s t s l e n d e r b o d i es o f p r a c t i c a l i m p o r t a n c e h a v e a w a v e d r a g i n d e p e n d e n t o f
c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l s h a p e .
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T h e f o r m o f e q u a t i o n ( 1 4) f o r a b o d y o f r e v o l u t i o n w a s g i v e n f i rs t b y L i g h t h i l P 6 a n d , f o r a b o d y
w i t h r a d i u s R ~ a t t h e p o i n t x~, i s f o u n d t o b e
- I - R ? ( d i ) l o g 2 . . . ( 1 5 )
~=1 B R ~ ' . . . . . .
w h e r e t h e i n t e g r a t i o n s a r e R i e m a n n i n t e g r a t i d n s i g n o r i n g t h e p o i n t s a t w h i c h S ( x ) i s u n d e f i n e d
a n d t h e f i r st t h r e e t e r m s a r e t h e e x p a n d e d f o r m o f t h e f i n i te p a r t o f t h e d o u b l e S t i e l t j e s i n t e g r a l
g i v e n in e q u a t i o n (1 4). T h e la s t t e r m i n e q u a t i o n ( 1 5) g i v e s t h e r e s u l t t h a t t h e w a v e d r a g o f a
s l e nd e r b o d y w i t h d i s c o n t in u i t i e s i n S ' ( x ) i s i n f i n i t e a t M = 1 a c c o r d i n g t o t h i s t h e o r y . A l s o , a s
a l r e a d y n o t e d , i t fo l lo w s fr o m e q u a t i o n ( 1 4 ) t h a t e q u a t i o n ( 1 5 ) g i v e s t h e w a v e d r a g o f a s l e n d e r
b o d y w h i c h h a s c i r c u l a r se c t io n s a t a n d w i t h i n t h e n e i g h b o u r h o o d o f t h e d i s c o n t i n u i t y c o n t o u r s C ,:.
3 .3 .
W i n g i B o d y C o m b i n a t i o n s . - - A n
e x t e n s i o n o f t h e a r e a r u l e a n d t h e t r a n s f e r r u l e t o c o n -
f i g u r a t i o n s i n c o r p o r a t i n g b o d i e s w i t h d i s c o n t i n u i t i e s i n s u r f a c e s l o pe i s g i v e n b el o w . T h e c r o s s -
s e c t io n a l S h ap e o f t h e b o d y i s a r b i t r a i y .
C o n s i d e r t h e f l o w f ie l d o n a c i r c u l a r c y l i n d r i c a l c o n t r o l su r f a c e a t a l a rg e d i s t a n c e f r o m t h e
c o m b i n a t i o n . T h e n t h e w a v e d r a g is t o b e f o u n d b y c a l c u l a t in g t h e r a te o f f lu x of m o m e n t u m
a c r o ss th i s s u r f ac e . H e a s l e t , L o m a x a n d S p r e i t e r 16, f o r e x a m p l e , h a v e s h o w n t h a t t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n
v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l d u e t o t h e w i n g a l on e , a t a g i v e n a n g u l a r p o s i t i o n 0 o n t h e c o n t r o l s u rf a c e , is
t h e s a m e a s t h a t a s s o c ia t e d w i t h t h e a p p r o p r i a t e w i n g . e l e m e n t a l a re a d i s t ri b u t i o n . L e t t h e
e f fe c t o f a n y i n t e r f e r e n c e v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l o n t h e w a v e d r a g b e n e g l e ct e d ~ . T h e f l o w f i el d o n
t h e c o n t r o l s u rf a c e is t h e n t a k e n a s t h e s u m o f t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l s d u e t o t h e
b o d y a l o n e a n d t o a n a p p r o p r i a t e w i n g e l e m e n t a l a r e a d i s t ri b u t i o n s o t h a t , a t a g i v e n a n g u l a r
p o s i t io n o n t h e c o n t r o l su r fa c e , t h e s o u rc e d i s t r i b u t i o n s r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e b o d y a n d t h e a p p r o p r i a t e
e l e m e n t a l a re a d i s tr i b u t i o n a r e s u p e r im p o s e d . T h e w a v e d r a g m a y b e w r i t te n a s
f l D { s s w x , o , M }
= - ~ . dO , . . . . . . . . . .
(16)
w h e r e
D { S + S w ( x , O ,
M ) } is i n t e r p r e t e d b y e x a m i n i n g t h e f lo w fi e ld n e a r t h e a x i s, i .e .,
D { S + S w ( ) , O ,
M ) } d e n o t e s t h e w a v e d r a g o f a c o m b i n e d s l e n d e r b o d y . T h i s c o m b i n e d
b o d y i s a s t r e a m s u r f a c e o f t h e d i s c o n t i l m o u s s u r f a c e s o u r c e d i s t r i b u t i o n Q~, r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e
i s o l a te d b o d y , a n d t h e c o n t i n u o u s s o u r c e d i st r i b u t i o n d e f in e d b y S w ' ( x , O , . M ) . S i n c e a l m o s t a l l
t h e
S w ' ( X , O , M )
a r e c o n t i n u o u s e v e r y w h e r e t h o s e d i s c o n r i n u o u s s o u r c e d i s t r i b u t i o n s a s s o c i a t e d
w i t h t h e d i s c o n t i n u o u s S w ' ( x , O , M ) a r e o m i t t e d f r o m t h e i n t e g r a l i n e q u a t i o n (1 6).
U s i n g e q u a t i o n ( 12 ) t h e w a v e d ra g of t h e c o m b i n e d b o d y c a n b e e x p r e s se d a s
D{ S +
S. , x , O, M ) } =
D { S } +
D } Sw x , O , M ) }
poU ( B IC I ' ) aS lag~(R.) Sw (~~,
o ,
M) d,x~.,
1 f c o s h - 1 ( 1 1
w h e r e D { S } , t h e i s o la t e d b o d y w a v e d r a g , is g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n ( 14 ) a n d D { S w ( x , O , M ) } , t h e W a v e
d r a g a s s o c i a t e d w i t h
S w ( x , O , M ) ,
i s g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n (1 ), w i t h i n t h e u s u a l o r d e r o f a p p r o x i m a t i o n .
t T h i s a s s u m p t i o n i s n o t v a l i d f o r s l e n d e r w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n s w h e n t h e s o u r c e d i s t r i b u t i o n r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e
b o d y a n d / o r t h e w i n g c ro s s - se c t io n a l a r e a d i s t ri b u t i o n ) i s d i s c o n t i n u o u s w i t h i n t h e r e g i o n o f t h e w i n g b e c a u s e
e q u a t i o n 1 4 ), d e r iv e d b y F r a e n k e l a n d P o r t n o y 24, c a n n o t b e o b t a i n e d b y n e g l e c t i n g t h e i n t e r fe r e n c e v e l o c i t y p o t e n t i a l .
T h e a s s u m ? t i o n i s v a l i d f o r a n y o t h e r t y p e o f s le n d e r w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n .
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F o l l o w i n g W a r d ' s a n a l y s i s1 f o r s l e n d e r b o d i e s o f r e v o l u t i o n t h e i n v e r s e c o s h i n t h i s r e s u l t i s
e x p a n d e d i n t e r m s o f l o g a r i th m s . T h e u n k n o w n b o d y s o u rc e d e n s i t y Q B(R ) i s e l i m i n a t e d
b y n o t i n g t h a t t h e t o t a l s o u r c e s t r e n g t h i n a p l a n e x = c o n s t a n t is e q u a l t o U S ' ( x ) , w h e r e S ( x )
~s th e c ro s s - s e c t io n a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t io n o f t h e b o d y 1. S in c e
S~v'(x , O, M )
v a n i s h e s a t i t s e n d
p o i n t s , i t c a n b e s h o w n q u i t e s i m p l y t h a t t h e w a v e d r a g o f t h e ' c o m b i n e d ' b o d y b e c o m e s, w i t h i n
t h e u s u a l o r d e r o f a p p r o x i m a t i o n ,
D { S -~ - S w x , O , M } = D { S } 4 - D { S w x , O , M }
p o ~ _ f
2~ log I x , - - x 2 ] dS ' ( x l ) Sw (x 2 , O, M ) dx~ . . . . . (17)
E q u a t i o n s ( 1 6 ) a n d ( 1 7) p r o v i d e a g e n e r a l i s a t i o n o f t h e a r e a r u l e, e q u a t i o n s (2 ) a n d ( 3) , t o c o m -
b i n a t i o n s i n c o r p o r a t i n g b o d i e s w i t h d i s c o n t i n u i t i e s i n s u r fa c e s l op e .
T h e t r a n s f e r r e d w i n g a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n A (x) is e q u a l t o t h e m e a n w i n g e l e m e n t a l a r e a d i s t r i b u -
t ion , i . e . ,
1 (==
A x ) = ~ J o Sw x , o , M ) d o .
T h u s , u s i n g e q u a t i o n (1 7), e q u a t i o n ( 1 6 ) b e c o m e s
= D { S } D w p o V f f l o g a S ( x , ) ( 1 8 )
2 ~ I ~
w h e r e
D { S }
is g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n ( 14 ) a n d
D w
b y e q u a t i o n ( 13 ), f o r e x a m p l e . T h i s r e s u l t i s t h e
e x t e n d e d f o r m o f t h e t r a n s f e r r u l e , e q u a t i o n s ( 8 ) a n d ( 1 0 ) .
E q u a t i o n ( 1 8 ) i m p l i e s t h a t t h e i n t e r f e r e n c e w a v e d r a g D w~ i s g i v en b y
w h i c h is t h e g e n e r a l i s a t i o n o f e q u a t i o n (9 ). I t s h o u l d b e n o t e d t h a t t h e i n t e r fe r e n c e w a v e d r a g
D w~ .is n d e p e n d e n t o f t h e c r o s s - se c t i o n a l s h a p e o f th e b o d y . T h e r e s u l t f o r t h e i n t e r f e r e n c e w a v e
d ra g c a n b e d e r iv e d d i r e c t ly f ro m e q u a t io n (1 2 ) w i th Q (R ) ---- Q B (R ) + Q w (R ) ; Q w(R) = U T ' ( R ) .
I t i s n e c e s s a r y t o u s e W a r d ' s i n t e g r a l e q u a t i o n ~ f o r t h e t r a n s f e r r e d a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n A ( x ) .
I n S e c t io n 2.4 .1 i t w a s s h o w n t h a t t h e w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n c a n b e r e p la c e d b y a n e q u i v a l e n t
c o m b i n a t i o n m a d e u p o f a s u i t a b l y c h o s e n g r os s w i ng W 0 a n d a m o d i f ie d b o d y w h i c h i s d e n o t e d
b y
B - - A A ,
w h e r e A A d e n o t e s th e ( t r a n s f e r r e d ) a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h e p o r t i o n o f t h e g r o ss
w i n g b l a n k e t e d b y t h e b o d y . I t is a s s u m e d t h a t
S ' ( x )
i s c o n t i n u o u s w h e r e
A A ( x )
i s d e f i n e d a n d
t h a t A A ' ( x ) is c o n t i n u o u s e v e r y w h e r e a s o t h e r w i s e t h e s o u rc e d i s t r i b u t i o n r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e
m o d i f i e d b o d y i s n o t e q u a l ( in t h e w a v e - d r a g s en se ) t o t h a t r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e b o d y le ss b l a n k e t e d
wing, i .e . , Q(B-~A)-/-~QB-~w. T h e g e n e r a l i s e d f o r m o f e q u a t i o n ( 1 1 ) f o ll o w s f r o m e q u a t i o n ( 18 )
a n d c a n b e s h o w n t o b e
D : D wo + D { S + A } - - D { A + A A } , . . . . . . . . (19)
w h e r e D { S - / A } d e n o t e s t h e w a v e d r a g o f a ' c o m b i n e d ' b o d y , i . e . ,
D { S + A } = D { S } + D { A } P o g ~ ~ f
u J~ log Ix, -- x~[ dS'(x~) Sw (x~, O, M ) dx~ .
4 . N u m e r i c a l E v a l u a t io n o f W a v e D r a g . - - I n t h e p r e v i o u s s e c t io n s a t t e n t i o n h a s b e e n c o n c e n -
t r a t e d u p o n g i v i n g t h e t h e o r e t i c a l m e t h o d s r a t h e r t h e n t h e p r a c t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e s e m e t h o d s .
T h e p r e s e n t s e c t io n is i n t e n d e d t o g i v e a b r i e f d e s cr i p t io n o f t h e n u m e r i c a l m e t h o d s t h a t h a v e
b e e n d e v e l o p e d f o r e v a l u a t i n g w a v e d r ag . I t w i l l b e s e en t h a t t h e s e m e t h o d s h a v e b e e n d e v e l o p e d
f o r i s o l a t e d w i n g s o r i s o l a t e d b o d i e s b u t t h e i r a p p l i c a t i o n t o w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n s i s n o t
d i ff ic u lt b e c a u s e t h e r e s u lt s o b t a i n e d f o r t h e w a v e d r a g o f w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n s r e q u i r e o n l y
t h e e v a l u a t i o n o f w i n g a n d ' b o d y ' w a v e d r a g s.
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4 . 1 . I so la te d W i n g s . - - T h e r e
h a s b e e n a l a rg e n u m b e r o f i n v e s t i g a t i o n s i n t h e f i e l d o f s u p e r s o n i c
w i n g t h e o r y a n d n o a t t e m p t w i ll b e m a d e t o s u m m a r i s e t h e m h e re . H o w e v e r , i t i s s u ff ic i en t t o
n o t i ce t h a t t h e r e s u l t s fo r w a v e d r a g h a v e b e e n f o u n d b y i n t e g r a t i n g p r e s s u r e d i s t ri b u t i o n s .
A l so , t h e w i n g p la n - f o rm s a r e s t ra i g h t - e d g e d a n d t h e W i n g s e c ti o n s s i m p l e s h a p e s. A s u m m a r y
o f t h e r e s u l t s o b t a i n e d h a s b e e n g i v e n b y B i s h o p a n d C a n e ~7. S o m e r e s u l t s f o r s o n i c s p e e d h a v e
b e e n o b t a i n e d b y L o r d , R o s s a n d E m i n t o n . ~3 u s i n g t h e s o n i c a r e a r u l e .
F r o m t h e r e s u l t s g i v e n i n S e c t i o n 3.1 i t i s s u g g e s t e d t h a t e q u a t i o n ( 1 3 ) b e u s e d t o c a l c u l a t e
t h e w a v e d r a g p r o v i d e d t h a t t h e p r e s s u re d i s t r i b u t i o n is n o t r e q u ir e d . O t h e r w i s e it w o u l d
p r o b a b l y b e b e t t e r t o d e t e r m i n e t h e p r e s su r e d i s t r i b u t i o n fi rs t a n d t h e n t h e w a v e d r a g. I f t h e
p r e s s u r e d i s t r i b u t i o n i s r e q u i r e d i t c a n b e f o u n d u s i n g t h e m e t h o d o f T h o m s o n 28.
N e v e r t h e l e s s , i t i s a p p a r e n t t h a t t h e a r e a r u l e ( e q u a t i o n s (2) a n d ( 3 ) ) o f f e r s . a n a l t e r n a t i v e
m e t h o d f o r c a l c u l a t i n g t h e w a v e d r a g o f a n i s o l a t e d w i n g . H o w e v e r , a d i f f ic u l t y a r is e s i f a n y
s t r a i g h t l in e s , a lo n g w h i c h t h e w i n g p l a n a r s o u r c e d i s t r i b u t i o n i s d i s c o n t i n u o u s , a r e i n c l i n e d s o t h a t
t h e c o m p o n e n t o f f r e e - s t re a m v e l o c i t y n o r m a l t o t h e l i n e is s u p e r s o n i c ( f or e x a m p l e , a l o n g s h a r p
e d g e s t h e s o u r c e d i s t r i b u t i o n i s d i s c o n t i n u o u s ) . B u t , s i n ce a l m o s t a l l t h e w i n g e l e m e n t a l a r e a
d i s t r ib u t i o n s h a v e s o u rc e r e p r e s e n t a t io n s c o n t i n u o u s e v e r y w h e r e , t h e w a v e d r a g m a y b e c a l c u l a t e d
u s i n g t h e s e e l e m e n t a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n s o n l y a n d i t m a y n o t b e n e c e s s a r y t o u s e t h e r e s u l t s o f
S e c t i o n 3 .2 fo r b o d i e s w i t h d i s c o n t i n u o u s s o u r c e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s . L o r d ~9 h a s p o i n t e d o u t t h a t
a n u m e r i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h i s p r o c e d u r e t o w i n g s w i t h s u p e r s o n i c e d g e s i s n o t s a t i s f a c t o r y .
T h e a r e a -r u l e m e t h o d i s p a r t i c u l a r l y u s e f ul f or w i n g s w i t h c u r v e d p l a n - f o r m s a n d h a s b e e n
u se d b y L o r d a n d B e n n e t t . D e t a i l s m a y b e f o u n d in R e fs . 3 0 a n d 3 1.
4.2.
I so l a te d B o d i e s . -- - R e c e n t l y
a n u m b e r o f a u t h o r s h a v e i n v e s t i g a t e d n u m e r i c a l m e t h o d s f o r
e v a l u a t i n g t h e d o u b l e i n t e g r a l o f e q u a t i o n ( 1 ) ,
i .e . ,
m e t h o d s h a v e b e e n d e v e l o p e d f o r c a l c u l a t in g
t h e w a v e d r a g o f s l e n d e r b o d i e s w i t h o u t d i s c o n t i n u i t i e s i n s u r f a c e s lo p e . T h e m o r e g e n e r a l c as e
w h e n t h e s o u r c e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n i s n o t c o n t i n u o u s w i l l b e e x a m i n e d l a t e r i n t h e p r e s e n t s e c t io n .
T h e r e a r e t w o m a i n m e t h o d s f o r e v a l u a t i n g
D { S } ,
e q u a t i o n ( 1 ) , n a m e l y , t h e F o u r i e r - s e r i e s
m e t h o d a n d t h e o p t i m u m m e t h o d o f E m i n t o n 31. C o n s i d e ri n g a b o d y o f u n i t l e n g t h , t h e
F o u r i e r - s e r ie s m e t h o d r e li e s u p o n e x p r e s s i n g
S ( x )
a s a s i n e s e r i e s i n t h e n e w v a r i a b l e
= c o s -1 (1 - - 2 x) . T h e d i s a d v a n t a g e o f t h i s m e t h o d l ie s i n t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f
S ( x ) ,
w h i c h
r e q u i r e s a n u m e r ic ~ il d i f f e r e n t i a t i o n o f t h e c r o s s -s e c t io n a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n S ( x ). F u r t h e r m o r e ,
i t i s n o t c l e a r h o w m a n y t e r m s i n t h e F o u r i e r s e r i e s a r e r e q u i r e d t o g i v e r e a s o n a b l e a c c u r a c y i n
t h e a n s w e r f o r t h e w a v e d r a g .
T h e d i f f ic u l ti e s o f t h e F o u r i e r - s e r ie s m e t h o d c a n b e o v e r c o m e m o s t s a t i s f a c t o r i l y b y u s i n g t h e
m e t h o d o f E m i n t o n 4, 3~ f o r e v a l u a t i n g t h e d o u b l e i n t e g r a l o f e q u a t i o n (1 ). T h i s m e t h o d d e p e n d s
u p o n s o m e re s u l t s i n t h e t h e o r y o f o p t i m u m a r e a d i s t ri b u t i o n s a n d d e t a il s c a n b e fo u n d i n t h e
p a p e r s c i t e d 4,31. T h e g i v e n a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n i s r e p l a c e d b y t h e o p t i m u m a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n w i t h
m i n i m u m w a v e d r a g f o r a la r g e n u m b e r o f f ix e d a re a s a t e q u a l l y sp a c e d p o i n t s a l o n g t h e b o d y .
T h u s t h e e v a l u a t i o n o f t h e w a v e d r ag , g i v e n b y t h e d o u b l e i n t e g r a l o f e q u a t i o n (1 ), re q u i re s
o n l y a k n o w l e d g e o f t h e a r e a s a t a la r g e n u m b e r o f p o i n ts , u s u a l l y n i n e t e e n , a l o n g t h e b o d y .
T h e d e r i v a t i v e
S ( X )
i s n o t r e q u i r e d f o r t h i s m e t h o d .
S l e n d e r b o d ie s w i t h d i s c o n t i n u o u s s o u r c e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s c a n n o t b e t r e a t e d i n g e n e r al , b u t
c a n b e t r e a t e d p r o v i d e d t h a t t h e c r o s s- se c ti o n is c i r c u la r a t a n d w i t h i n t h e n e i g h b o u r h o o d o f a
d i s c o n t i n u i t y i n s u r fa c e s l o p e ,
i .e . ,
t h e w a v e d r a g is g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n ( 15 ) a n d d e p e n d s u p o n t h e
c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n o n l y .
A n u m e r i c a l p r o c e d u r e w a s d e v e l o p e d f i rs t b y D i c k s o n a n d J o n e s a2, w h o u t i l i s e d a t r a n s f o r m a -
t i o n o f e q u a t i o n ( 1 5 ) w h e r e b y F o u r i e r s e r ie s c o u l d b e u s e d d i r e c t l y t o e v a l u a t e t h e i n t e g r a l s
i n v o l v e d . T h i s a p p r o a c h w o u l d b e e x p e c t e d t o h a v e a c o u n t e r p a r t i n t h e t h e o r y o f o p t i m u m
a r e a d i s t r i b u t i o n s i f s u c h o p t i m a c o u l d b e . fo u n d f o r t h i s m o r e g e n e r a l c a se . E m i n t o n i s
i n v e s t i g a t i n g a n e x t e n s io n o f t h e o p t i m u m m e t h o d t o t h e p r e s e n t p r o b le m , t h u s d e t e r m i n i n g t h e
o p t i m u m a r e a d i s t r ib u t i o n w i t h m i n i m u m w a v e d r a g ( e q u a t io n (1 5)) f o r p r e s c ri b e d v a l u e s o f
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A S , at the points x -. x~where the cross-sectional area is S(x~) (i -- 1, 2 , . . . n). It appears
that a simple and illuminating extension may be possible and that the optimum method will
be exte nded to the evaluati on of equatio n (15). However, since the meth od of Dickson and
Jones 3~ seems to be the only publi shed m et hod and since thei r r eport 3~ ma y not be general ly
available, their method will be summarised here.
Consider a body of unit length and introduce the function
P(x)
defined by
/ . .
P ' ( , ) = S 6 ) - ~ ~ S , + x ~ & ' , x ; ~< x ~ . % 1 .
= I = 1
The function P(x) is chosen by Dickson and Jone s 3~ because P (x ) is continuous everywhere.
Now int rodu ce the Fourier-series vari able = cos -~ (1 -- 2x) and put
co
P (x) = ~ A, ,
sin m~,
so that equati on (15) becomes
D q2 _ ~ . \ ~ 1 z l & , ) '_
1 2
B R ,
-1- ~ mA . 2 / A S ~ [ _ ( 2 m ) 2 1 ]
i l
~ , t = l
-1- AS~' A,. cos m~
i = 1 1 1 1
+ - 1 - l o g ( 1 - + . , x ; }
Y g , = 1 j = l
+ I x , - '
where x~ = 1(1 -- cos %) and =R, 2 = S(x,). This result is in a somewha t different form from
that given by Dickson and Jonesa'.
4 . 3 . Wing-Body Combina t ions . - - In Sections 2 and 3 it has been shown that the calculation of
the wave drag of a wing-body combination can be reduced either to .a wing problem together
with two ' bo dy ' problems by using the transfer rule or to a numb er of ' bo dy ' problems by
using the area rule. Hence the numeri cal methods for wings and bodies given in Sections 4.1
and 4.2 enable the wave drag of a wing-body combination to be found. Procedures for calculating
the transferred area distribution of the wing are described in the Appendix.
5. Some Miscellaneous Rem arks .--5.1. Configurations with Roun d-No se Win g Se ct io ns.- -W ard 10
has pointed out that the results of linearised theory are incorrect if the Wing of the Wing-body
combin ation has roun ded edges where T'(R) is infinite. Nevertheless, the linearised-tlheory
result for wings with round ed subsonic leading edges can be obtaine d by allowing for the effect
of the leading-edge singularit y in the way suggested by Jones3L The result obta ined is tha t t o
the existing result (equation (6), for example), there must be add ed a leading-edge drag F per
unit length given by
F ~r cosaA
~ - - [1 - ( M c o s A T ] 1 '
where q is the kinetic pressure, A is the local sweepback angle of the leading edge, and r is the
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I t s h o u l d b e n o t e d t h a t t h i s r e s u l t i s r e s t r i c t e d t o w i n g s f o r w h i c h t h e r e a r e n o a b r u p t c h a n g e s
i n t h e c u r v a t u r e o f t h e l e a d i n g e d g e. M o r e o v e r , t h e r e s u l t sh o w s t h a t t h e l i n e a r i s e d - t h e o r y w a v e
d ra g o f a w in g w i th a ro u n d e d l e a d in g e d g e i s i n f in i t e i f t h e l e a d in g e d g e is so n ic i .e ., M c o s A - - 1 ).
T h i s i n f i n i t e r e s u l t f o r a w i n g w i t h a s o n i c l e a d i n g e d g e is o b v i o u s l y in c o r r e c t a n d e m p h a s i s e s t h e
f a c t t h a t t h e l i n e a r is e d t h e o r y is n o t s a t i s f a c t o r y f o r w i n g s w i t h r o u n d e d e d g es . T h u s , i n t h e
a b s e n c e o f r i o n - l in e a r t h e o r y , e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u l ts a r e r e q u i r e d f o r d e t e r m i n i n g t h e w a v e d r a g o f
s u c h w in g s. H o w e v e r , s in c e t h e t r a n s f e r ru l e s ep a r a t e s t h e w i n g w a v e d r a g fr o m t h e t o t a l w a v e
d r a g o f a w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n , i t c a n b e u s e d t o e s t i m a t e t h e i n t e r f e r e n c e W a v e d r a g .
5.2. Sys t em s o f Wi ngs and Bod i e s . - - The d i sc u s si o n s o f a r h a s b e e n r e s t r i c te d t o w i n g - b o d y
c o m b i n a t i o n s , a l t h o u g h i t c o u l d a l so h a v e b e e n g i v e n f o r w i n g - s y s t e m - b o d y - s y s t e m c o m b i n a t i o n s .
T h e w i n g s y s t e m i n c l u d e s w i n g - l ik e e le m e n t s o f t h e c o n f i g u r a t i o n a s w e l l a s a n y s u b s i d i a r y b o d i e s
s i t u a t e d o n t h e s e e l e m e n t s w h i l e th e b o d y s y s t e m i s e s s e n t ia l l y a x i a l a n d m a y i n c l u d e fi ns a n d
t a i l p l a n e s . S i n c e t h e a r e a rule m o m e n t o f a re a ru le a n d t r a n s f e r r u l e a r e a l l e q u a l l y a p p l i c a b l e
t o s y s t e m s o f w in g s a n d b o d i e s a s t o w i n g - b o d y c o m b i n a t i o n s , n o e s s e n t i a l l y n e w p r o b l e m i s
i n t r o d u c e d .
5.2.1. Arrangements Of bodies . - -Arrangem ents o f b o d i e s h a v e b e e n e x a m i n e d b y F r i e d m a n
a n d C o h e n3~ a n d R e n n e m a n n 35. I n b o t h c a s e s t h e a n a l y s i s d o es n o t u s e a n y o f t h e m e t h o d s
g i v e n i n . S e c ti o n 2 b u t s u c h a n a n a l y s i s c o u l d b e c a r r i e d o u t u s i n g e i t h e r t h e a r e a r u l e o r t h e
t r a n s f e r r u le . R e n n e m a n n 35 h a s e x a m i n e d t h e s