noun
Meaning 1
A rule stating that an airplane designed with the same cross-sectional area distribution in the longitudinal direction as the Sears-Haack body generates the same wave drag as this body, largely independent of the actual shape; used in aerodynamics to reduce drag, typically by narrowing the fuselage at the wing roots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aerodynamics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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