Aircraft Streamlining: Benefits and Drawbacks

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SUMMARY

The discussion centers on the concept of streamlines in relation to aircraft design, specifically the differences between supersonic and subsonic flight. It is established that all objects moving through air generate an infinite number of streamlines, but the shape and form of these streamlines vary significantly based on the speed of the aircraft. Supersonic aircraft require distinct streamlined forms due to the unique aerodynamic behaviors encountered at those speeds, which differ fundamentally from subsonic flight dynamics.

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  • Understanding of basic aerodynamics principles
  • Familiarity with the concept of streamlines in fluid dynamics
  • Knowledge of subsonic and supersonic flight characteristics
  • Experience with aircraft design fundamentals
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Is it good if an aircraft has lot of streamlines ?
 
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The way you are using that word isn't correct, so my guess is you are thinking something else. Any object moving in air (or air moving around an object) has a near infinite number of streamlines.

So did you mean something else?
 
russ_watters said:
Any object moving in air (or air moving around an object) has a[n] near infinite number of streamlines.

Fixed that for you.
 
boneh3ad said:
Fixed that for you.
Ya know, I actually said that first and then changed it. I thought someone might start an argument about the (im)possibility of streamlines smaller than a molecule of air.
 
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Thx for your reply . I appriceate that
 
Well basiclly i don't know much about streamlines
 
I already read about streamlines, so why an aircraft traveling at supersonic speeds requires a different streamlined form from a subsonic aircraft ?
 
Normandxavier said:
I already read about streamlines, so why an aircraft traveling at supersonic speeds requires a different streamlined form from a subsonic aircraft ?

Perhaps the simplest answer is that flow moving at supersonic speeds behaves quite a bit differently than that at subsonic speeds.
 

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