| Abstract: | At large supersonic flight velocities, star-shaped bodies have a significant advantage over axisymmetric bodies as regards the wave drag 1–3]. The majority of the more recent investigations on star-shaped bodies has been experimental (Conor, Zubin, and Ostapenko have given a review 4]; among the theoretical studies, those of Lapygin and Ostapenko 5–7] should be mentioned), but no new information about the wave drag of star-shaped bodies was obtained in these studies. In the present paper, the wave drag of star-shaped bodies at moderate supersonic flight velocities is considered. |
