Natural laminar flow for quiet and efficient supersonic aircraft

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Kroo, Ilan ^a   Tracy, Richard ^b   Chase, James ^b   Sturdza, Peter ^a  

^a Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial for Computational and Mathematical Engineering   (United States)

^b Reno Aeronautical Corporation   (United States)

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