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    Transonic (or transsonic) flow is air flowing around an object at a speed that generates regions of both subsonic and supersonic airflow around that object...
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    Whitcomb and also called the transonic area rule, is a design procedure used to reduce an aircraft's drag at transonic speeds which occur between about...
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    the aircraft. When the aircraft speed is high enough, the tips reach transonic speeds. Shock waves form at the blade tips and sap the shaft power driving...
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    at high altitudes. At transonic speeds, the flow field around the object includes both sub- and supersonic parts. The transonic period begins when first...
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  • {\gamma +1}{\gamma -1}}} High subsonic wind tunnels (0.4 < M < 0.75) and transonic wind tunnels (0.75 < M < 1.2) are designed on the same principles as the...
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  • Transonic Combustion Inc. is a Los Angeles-based cleantech company that is developing supercritical fuel injection systems that enable injection ignition...
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    airfoils. Theodore von Kármán and Hugh Latimer Dryden introduced the term transonic to describe flow speeds between the critical Mach number and Mach 1 where...
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    June 13, 2023. Graham Warwick (January 18, 2023). "NASA Picks Boeing's Transonic Truss-Based Wing For Sustainable X-Plane". Aivation Week. "Boeing producing...
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  • at transonic speed often incur wave drag through the normal course of operation. In transonic flight, wave drag is commonly referred to as transonic compressibility...
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    wing design stabilized by diagonal bracing struts, which is known as a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing. The aircraft configuration is based on research studies...
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    such as the ends of rotor blades, reach supersonic speeds are called transonic. This occurs typically somewhere between Mach 0.8 and Mach 1.2. Sounds...
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  • X-Men: Legacy #238 (July 2010) Hope Summers Uncanny X-Men #526 (July 2010) Transonic Laurie Tromette Velocidad Gabriel Cuohuelo Uncanny X-Men #527 (August...
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    non-linear in the transonic regime, dominated by moving shock waves. Avoiding flutter is mission-critical for aircraft that fly through transonic Mach numbers...
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    The National Transonic Facility (NTF), also known internally as facility 1236, is a high-pressure, cryogenic, closed-circuit wind tunnel at the Langley...
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    moving at high speed through moist air, such as an aircraft flying at transonic speeds. When the localized air pressure around the object drops, so does...
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    refer to particular ranges of Mach values. When an aircraft approaches transonic speeds (around Mach 1), it enters a special regime. Here’s what happens:...
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  • Transonic is the debut album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey, which was recorded in 1997 and released on AUM Fidelity. For his first record as leader...
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    causing dramatically increased drag, and, in an aircraft not designed for transonic or supersonic speeds, changes to the airflow over the flight control surfaces...
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    inactive since 2004. Langley retained transonic wind tunnel testing capabilities facilities in the National Transonic Facility, a high pressure, cryogenically...
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    the appearance of the swept-wing transonic MiG-15 and was quickly replaced in the air superiority role by the transonic F-86 Sabre. The F-94 Starfire, an...
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  • This causes Hope to chastise Transonic for losing her head during the battle and leaving Oya in that position, but Transonic explains that she is not a...
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    an airfoil designed primarily to delay the onset of wave drag in the transonic speed range. Supercritical airfoils are characterized by their flattened...
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  • The R.A.E. Vickers Transonic Research Rocket was developed from the Miles M.52, a British research supersonic aircraft a project which was undertaken...
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    The European transonic wind tunnel (ETW) is a high-Reynolds-number transonic wind tunnel using nitrogen as the test gas. It is one of the world's largest...
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  • January 2024. "Aircraft Research Association". Retrieved 26 January 2024. "Transonic Wind Tunnel Testing". www.ara.co.uk. Aircraft Research Association. Retrieved...
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  • been demonstrated for a fluid-structure interaction problem and for a transonic airfoil. One issue with adjoint-based gradients in CFD is that they can...
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    improves the accuracy and speed of complex simulation scenarios such as transonic or turbulent flows. Initial validation of such software is typically performed...
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    the other 25% of the way back from the leading edge for subsonic and transonic aircraft. Leading edge sweep is important because the leading edge has...
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  • aircraft wings and fuselage, propeller blade tips and projectiles moving at transonic and supersonic speeds, due to the presence of shock waves. Wave drag is...
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    The AIDC T-5 Brave Eagle (Chinese: 勇鷹; pinyin: Yǒngyīng) is a transonic advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft developed by the Aerospace Industrial...
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