Contents


Front Cover

Titlepage

Library of Congress

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Selected Langley Contributions to Civil Aircraft of the 1990s

Supercritical Wing Technology

Low-Speed, Medium-Speed, and Natural Laminar Flow Airfoils

Winglets

Area Rule

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Flow Control

Composites

Flutter

Deep-Stall Avoidance

Spin Technology

Spin Resistance

Flight Systems

Lightning Protection and Standards

Wind Shear

Runway Friction and Tire Technology

Wake-Vortex Hazard

Crashworthiness

Appendix—Summary of Langley Contributions to Civil Aircraft of the 1990s

Bibliography

Index

NASA History Series

About the Author

Back Cover


 


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