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subsonic region
shock
base
fore body
2. Typically the fore body is the responsibility of the aerodynamist
while the base comes under the propulsion engineer. Why ?
Type Cause
Skin friction drag Viscosity of air
Viscous drag
coefficient for a flat
plate
CDf = F
(1/2 V2) ( r2)
= (1/2 V2 ) (2 r l ) CDfp
(1/2 V2) ( r2)
= 4 (l /d) CDfp
Base drag is the drag resulting from the wake or dead air
region behind the missile.
M
... the wing sees a velocity vector
lower effective airspeed
Mn = M cos
wing
Maverick AGM = 80 o
Bloodhound SAM = 26 o
Near Mach 1,
is equal to
pinched waist