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    A supercritical aerofoil (supercritical airfoil in American English) is an airfoil designed primarily to delay the onset of wave drag in the transonic...
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  • than wave velocity Supercritical airfoil, an airfoil designed to delay the onset of wave drag in the transonic speed regime Supercritical mass, an amount...
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    airfoils are much more angular in shape and can have a very sharp leading edge, which is very sensitive to angle of attack. A supercritical airfoil has...
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    Supercritical airfoils designed to independently maximize laminar flow above and below the wing. The numbering is identical to the 7-series airfoils except...
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    method for designing supercritical airfoils - those that were most efficient in the transonic range. Using this method, supercritical wings were fabricated...
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  • lift-to-drag ratio at near supersonic flight than traditional airfoils. Supercritical airfoils employ a flattened upper surface, highly cambered (curved)...
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  • conventional airfoils (6 series), K = 0.95 for supercritical airfoils. Coffin corner Critical Mach number Sound barrier Speed of sound Supercritical airfoil Wave...
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    waves in transonic flight through the use of anti-shock bodies and supercritical airfoils. Most modern jet powered aircraft are engineered to operate at transonic...
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    front and behind the redesigned 538-square-foot (50.0 m2) wing. Its supercritical airfoil with a 14% root thickness had its chord extended at the leading...
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    fan Shocks and discontinuities (MHD) Shock (mechanics) Sonic boom Supercritical airfoil Undercompressive shock wave Unstart Shock diamond Kelvin wake pattern...
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    (Model 560) is a development of the Citation S/II, retaining the supercritical airfoil and swept wing roots of that aircraft, but with a 1.5 ft (46 cm)...
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    port-facing auxiliary power unit. The wings on the 777 feature a supercritical airfoil design that is swept back at 31.6 degrees and optimized for cruising...
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    Another obvious characteristic is the highly swept wing with a supercritical airfoil, used in order to increase the critical Mach number and therefore...
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    standard, equipment. The wing has 13 degrees of wing sweep with a supercritical airfoil optimized for cruise flight at Mach 0.78. Though there are no leading-edge...
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    these aircraft, paired with a new T-tail and wing. The latter is a supercritical airfoil with a 35° wing sweep and winglets. This flexible wing naturally...
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    2 feet (0.61 m), and mated it with an unswept wing utilising a supercritical airfoil based on the Citation S/II's wing and the tail from the Citation...
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    wingbox are also composite and the high aspect ratio wing is a supercritical airfoil. The MC-21 design is more innovative than the C919: it is the only...
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    on February 14, 1984, before certification in July. It gained a supercritical airfoil with swept wing roots, aileron and flap gap seals, and a fluid deicing...
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    the engineers were interested in was the supercritical airfoil, designed by Richard Whitcomb. The supercritical design promised to lower transonic drag...
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    with an effort to synthesize a completely new wing employing NASA supercritical airfoil sections and winglets. Optimization studies considering weight,...
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  • body was no longer required on the top surface of a wing when the supercritical airfoil was introduced because they both decreased the strength of, or eliminated...
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    Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.55 m) Wing area: 243.4 sq ft (22.61 m2) Airfoil: supercritical airfoil Empty weight: 13,968 lb (6,340 kg) Gross weight: 22,950 lb (10...
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    Boeing-built supercritical mission adaptive wing (MAW). This MAW, in contrast to standard control surfaces, could smoothly change the shape of its airfoil in flight...
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    cruising speed of Mach 0.8 (533 mph or 858 km/h). Each wing features a supercritical airfoil cross-section and is equipped with six-panel leading edge slats...
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    include advanced wings by de Havilland (later BAE Systems) with supercritical airfoil sections for economical performance and advanced aerodynamically...
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    passengers in a pressurised cabin. Its wings use a computer-designed supercritical airfoil in order to minimise drag. Its two Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D...
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  • side (2,553 lb (1,158 kg) total), double-slotted flaps and the supercritical airfoil maintains laminar flow on 50-55% of the upper surface. The engine...
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    responsible for the "area rule" of high-speed aircraft design, the supercritical airfoil, and winglets Robert H. Goddard Elwood P. Haynes Richard T. Whitcomb...
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  • introduced over the years. The supercritical airfoil is a type that results in reasonable low speed lift like a normal airfoil, but has a profile considerably...
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