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
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