Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
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ISBN: 9781259129919
Author: John D. Anderson Jr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.5P
Consider the airplane and flight conditions given in Problem 5.4. The span efficiency factor e for the complete airplane is generally much less than that for the finite wing alone. Assume
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