Accession Number:

ADA326842

Title:

Prediction of Aerodynamic Drag.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE WRIGHT AERONAUTICAL LABS WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• Jobe, Charles E.

Report Date:

1984-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

107.0

Abstract:

Drag prediction is the most important and challenging problem in aerodynamics. Experimental, empirical, analytical and numerical approaches, singly and in concert, have addressed this problem with varying degrees of success and notable failures. This report reviews the published material on drag prediction through January 1984., The subject of wind tunnel to flight drag correlation will be reviewed in a later report.

Descriptors:

• *AERODYNAMIC DRAG
• FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
• PREDICTIONS
• TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
• BOMBER AIRCRAFT

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE