A supercritical aerofoil (supercritical airfoil in American English) is an airfoil designed primarily to delay the onset of wave drag in the transonic...

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...

Supercritical airfoils designed to independently maximize laminar flow above and below the wing. The numbering is identical to the 7-series airfoils except...

than wave velocity Supercritical airfoil, an airfoil designed to delay the onset of wave drag in the transonic speed regime Supercritical mass, an amount...

method for designing supercritical airfoils - those that were most efficient in the transonic range. Using this method, supercritical wings were fabricated...

lift-to-drag ratio at near supersonic flight than traditional airfoils. Supercritical airfoils employ a flattened upper surface, highly cambered (curved)...

conventional airfoils (6 series), K = 0.95 for supercritical airfoils. Coffin corner Critical Mach number Sound barrier Speed of sound Supercritical airfoil Wave...

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...

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...

(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)...

fan Shocks and discontinuities (MHD) Shock (mechanics) Sonic boom Supercritical airfoil Undercompressive shock wave Unstart Shock diamond Kelvin wake pattern...

Another obvious characteristic is the highly swept wing with a supercritical airfoil, used in order to increase the critical Mach number and therefore...

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...

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...

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...

with an effort to synthesize a completely new wing employing NASA supercritical airfoil sections and winglets. Optimization studies considering weight,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the engineers were interested in was the supercritical airfoil, designed by Richard Whitcomb. The supercritical design promised to lower transonic drag...

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...

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...

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...

passengers in a pressurised cabin. Its wings use a computer-designed supercritical airfoil in order to minimise drag. Its two Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D...

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...

include advanced wings by de Havilland (later BAE Systems) with supercritical airfoil sections for economical performance and advanced aerodynamically...

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...

associated with airflow near the speed of sound. Such airfoils, called supercritical airfoils, are flat on top and curved on the bottom. Aircraft wings...

responsible for the "area rule" of high-speed aircraft design, the supercritical airfoil, and winglets Robert H. Goddard Elwood P. Haynes Richard T. Whitcomb...