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Sears-Haack body
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Etymology
The derivation and shape were published independently by Wolfgang Haack in 1941 and William Sears in 1947.
Noun
en aeronautics The shape with the lowest theoretical wave drag in supersonic flow, for a given body length and a given volume.
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