Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-8kt4b Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-16T06:05:03.375Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

From Ship-Accompanying Waves to Shock Waves of Supersonic Aeroplanes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Extract

When I was invited to deliver the Lanchester Memorial lecture, I wondered why the great honour of being the first Frenchman selected for the celebration of the deeds of a great engineer was conferred on me. However, I am well aware that the Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society cannot make a mistake and there is good reason to choose, after so greatly famed professors, an engineer of the French Navy to illustrate, using a slightly different point of view, the influence of Lanchester on the development of aeronautics. This way, I do not have to apologise for a possible inadequacy which then would not be my own responsibility. I have only to do my best, so as not to betray the confidence of the Society.

Answering so plainly this first question, I had to find out how to fulfil my task. Possibly, my contribution to the intrepretation of the vortex sheets starting from the thin leading edges of a delta wing is more in the Lanchester line of thought than it is an extension of Prandtl’s inferences.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1962

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1898Michell, H.. The Wave Resistance of Ships, Phil. Mag., London.Google Scholar
1907Lanchester, F. W.. Aerodynamics, Constable.Google Scholar
1908Havelock, T. H.. Propagation of Waves, Proc. Roy. Soc., London; Wave Making Resistance of Ships, Proc. Roy. Soc., London.Google Scholar
1915Lanchester, F. W.. A Note on the Subject of Skin Friction, M.I.C.I.Google Scholar
1916Lamb, H.. On Wave Patterns Due to a Travelling Disturbance, Phil. Mag., London.Google Scholar
1917Havelock, T. H.. Initial Wave Resistance of Moving Surface Pressure, Proc. Roy. Soc., London; Some Cases of Wave Motion Due to a Submerged Body, Proc. Roy. Soc., London.Google Scholar
1918Green, G.. Wave Resistance of a Submerged Sphere, Phil. Mag., London.Google Scholar
1923Havelock, T. H.. Studies in Wave Resistance, Proc. Roy. Soc., London.Google Scholar
1923Hogner, F.. A Contribution to the Theory of Ship Waves, Ark. Mat. a Fys., Stockholm.Google Scholar
1924Hogner, F.. Ueber die Theorie von einer Shiff erzeugten Wellen, Int. Mech. Congr.Google Scholar
1924Munk, M.. The Simplifying Assumptions Reducing the Strict Application of Classical Hydrodynamics to Practical Aeronautical Computations, N.A.C.A. T.N. 207.Google Scholar
1925Hogner, F.. Contribution to the Theory of Ship Waves, Acad. disc.Google Scholar
1925Havelock, T. H.. Effect of Parallel Middle Body, Proc Roy Soc., London; Effect of Variable Draught, Proc Roy. Soc., London.Google Scholar
1926Havelock, T. H.. Some Cases of Unsymmetrical Forms, Proc. Roy. Soc., London.Google Scholar
1926Wigley, W.. Ship Wave Resistance, Trans. I.N.A.Google Scholar
1926Lamb, H.. On Wave Resistance, Proc. Roy. Soc., London.Google Scholar
1927Havelock, T. H.. The Method of Images, Proc. Roy. Soc., London.Google Scholar
1927Wigley, W.. Ship Wave Resistance, Trans. I.N.AGoogle Scholar
1928Hogner, F.On the Theory of Ship Wave Resistance, Ark. för Mat., Stockholm.Google Scholar
1928Havelock, T. H.. Wave Resistance, Proc. Roy. Soc., London; The Wave Pattern of a Doublet in a Stream, Proc Roy. Soc., London.Google Scholar
1929Weinblum, G.. Anwendung der Michellsen Widerstand Theorie, Shiffbau.Google Scholar
1930Wigley, W.. Shifts wellen Wiederstand weiteres Vergleiche, W.R.H.Google Scholar
1931Wigley, W.. Ship Wave Resistance, N.E.C. Inst.Google Scholar
1932Von Kármán, TH.. Resistance of Slender Bodies Moving with Supersonic Velocities, Trans. A.S.M.E.Google Scholar
1932Hogner, F.. Eine Interpolation Formel für den Wellen Widerstand von Schiffen, S.B.T.G.Google Scholar
1932Wigley, W.. A Note on Ship Wave Resistance, Hamburg Cong.Google Scholar
1932Hogner, F.. Schiffsform und Wellen Widerstand, Hamburg Cong.Google Scholar
1932Weinblum, G.. Schiffsform und Wellen Widerstand, S.B.T.G.Google Scholar
1932Brard, R.. Note sur la Théorie des Hélices, A.T.M.A.Google Scholar
1933Barrillon, E.. Calcul de la part de résistance due aux vagues formées par le navire, Science et Industrie.Google Scholar
1937Lanchester, F. W.. The Part Played by Skin Friction in Aeronautics, Proc. I.A.E.Google Scholar
1940Guilloton, R.. A New Method of Calculating Wave Profiles and Wave Resistance of Ships, Trans. I.N.A., London.Google Scholar
1943Havelock, T. H.. The Approximate Calculation of Wave Resistance at High Speed, N.E.C., I.E.S.Google Scholar
1945Lighthill, M. J.. Supersonic Flow Past Bodies of Revolution, A.R.C., R. and M. 2003.Google Scholar
1945Lamb, H.. Hydrodynamics.Google Scholar
1945Ward, G. N.. Supersonic Flow Past Slender Pointed Bodies, J. Mech. and App. Math.Google Scholar
1948Riesz, M.. L'intégrale de Liouville et l’équation des ondes, Acta Math.Google Scholar
1949Wigley, W.. L'état actuel des calculs de résistance de vagues, A.T.M.A.Google Scholar
1949Germain, P.. Théorie générate des écoulements coniques, Publication ONERA No. 34.Google Scholar
1951Havelock, T. H.. Wave Resistance and its Application to Ship Problems, T. NAME.Google Scholar
1951Jones, R. T.. The Minimum Drag of Thin Wings in Supersonic Flow, J.A.S.Google Scholar
1952Roy, M.. Caractères de l'écoulement autour d'une aile en flèche accentuée, C.R.AcSc.Google Scholar
1952Jones, R. T.. Properties of Low Aspect Ratio Pointed Wings, N.A.C.A.; Theoretical Determination of the Minimum Drag of Airfoils, J.A.S.Google Scholar
1952Guilloton, R.. A Note on the Experimental Determination of Wave Resistance. J. Brit. Ship Ass.Google Scholar
1954Weinblum, G.. A Systematic Evaluation of Michell's Integral, D. TAYLOR, Model Basin Report.Google Scholar
1956Guilloton, R.. Compléments sur le potentiel linéarisé avec surface libre appliqué à l'étude des carènes, A.T.M.A.Google Scholar
1957Inui, T.. New Theory of Wave Resistance, J. Josen Kiakoi.Google Scholar
1958Weinblum, G.. Application of Wave Resistance Theory to Problems of Ship Design, Trans. I.E.S.S.Google Scholar
1959Nikitina, E.. Résistances opposées aux navires en eau calme, Izv. Akad. Nauk. SSSR.Google Scholar
1959Sretensku, L.. Sur la résistance d'onde d'un navire, Izv. Akad. SSSR.Google Scholar
1960Timman, R.. A Solution of the Minimum Wave Resistance Problem.Google Scholar
1960Lighthill, M. J.. Mathematics and Aeronautics, 48th Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 1960.Google Scholar
1960Guilloton, R.. Les vagues de sillage, A.T.M.A.Google Scholar
1961Fenain, M.. La théorie des écoulements à potentiel homogène, Progress in Aeronautical Sciences, Pergamon Press.Google Scholar