Cabin pressurization tends to form bulges in fuselage skin between frames and stringers, and resulting wavy surface is liable to produce higher aerodynamic drag; flight test study, made to determine effect of pressurization on fuselage drag of Boeing 720 jetliner, is based on boundary-layer measurements, made by pitot-static rakes at several points of fuselage in pressurized and unpressurized conditions; analysis indicates that drag coefficient of fuselage is increased by 5% as result of pressurization.


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    Title :

    Effect of pressurization on airplane fuselage drag


    Additional title:

    J Aircraft


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    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1965


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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