The area rule says that two airplanes with the same longitudinal cross-sectional area distribution have the same wave drag, independent of how the area is distributed laterally (i.e. in the …

His development of the "area rule" revolutionized how engineers looked at high-speed drag and impacted the design of virtually every transonic and supersonic aircraft ever built. In …

Area rule, aircraft design principle formulated by American engineer Richard Whitcomb which stated that the drag on an airplane flying at high speed is a function of the aircraft’s entire …

The Area Rule, also called the Whitcomb area rule and the transonic area rule, is a design technique used to reduce drag caused by airflow at transonic and supersonic speeds during …

2016年6月29日 · Explore how Whitcomb's area rule works, and find out how this intuitive approach in design helped engineers to minimize the transonic wave drag.

2015年7月16日 · It's a design principle known as the "area rule," pioneered in the 50's by Richard Whitcomb (who also happens to have invented the winglet), an engineer at the National …

2014年6月23日 · The "area rule" states that the supersonic drag on an aircraft is related to the total area on part of the aircraft. What is the exact definition of the rule? Why does this …

In the 1950s, NASA scientist Richard Whitcomb discovered several fundamental solutions to key aerodynamics challenges. One of the most revolutionary was the “area rule,” a concept that …

The area rule is an important concept related to the drag on an aircraft or other body in transonic and supersonic flight. The area rule came into being in the early 1950s when production fighter …

2021年4月23日 · A computer program for calculating the supersonic wave drag of an airplane by the area rule. Includes the ability to shape the fuselage for drag reduction. Full source code …