Download or read book Bodies of Revolution with a Minimum Drag Factor and Low Heat Transfer at High Supersonic Flight Speeds written by G. L. Grodzovskii and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the basis of the modified Newton theory and the theory of self-similar hypersonic flows, an investigation was made of the optimum shape of a body of revolution with a minimum drag factor at supersonic speeds. It is shown that optimum bodies also have a low heat-transfer coefficient -- considerably less than for a conical body. It was established experimentally, that the optimum properties of the examined bodies of revolution are preserved even at moderate supersonic flight speeds. (Author).