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Experimental study of the possibility of reducing supersonic drag by employing plasma technology

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The possibility of reducing the aerodynamic drag of a body by injecting plasma into the oncoming supersonic flow is confirmed experimentally.

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  1. V. P. Gordeev
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  2. A. V. Krasil'nikov
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  3. V. I. Lagutin
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  4. V. N. Otmennikov
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Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 177–182, March–April, 1996.

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Gordeev, V.P., Krasil'nikov, A.V., Lagutin, V.I. et al. Experimental study of the possibility of reducing supersonic drag by employing plasma technology. Fluid Dyn 31, 313–317 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02029693

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