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Aerodynamics

slender body shape with the lowest supersonic wave drag for a given length and volume, derived from slender-body theory.

In aerodynamics, Sears-Haack body refers to slender body shape with the lowest supersonic wave drag for a given length and volume, derived from slender-body theory. This meaning comes from Sears (1947) in Quarterly of Applied Mathematics.[1]

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References

Sears, W. R. (1947). On projectiles of minimum wave drag. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, 4(4), 361-366. https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/20394

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