English Explanatory Dictionary

Sears-Haack body

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The shape with the lowest theoretical wave drag in supersonic flow, for a given body length and a given volume.

Word forms

Sears-Haack body Sears-Haack bodies

Etymology

The derivation and shape were published independently by Wolfgang Haack in 1941 and William Sears in 1947.

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