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It is practical to extend the analysis of the aerodynamics of a wing in the ground effect to account for the dynamic compressibility of the air. In fact, the cruise speed of ground-effect vehicles can amount to half or more of the speed of sound. At the same time, it is known that the problem of unsteady subsonic flow is one of the most challenging in lifting surface theory; see Belotserkovsky et al. [139]. The complexity of the problem partly stems from the fact that in a compressible fluid the perturbations propagate with finite speeds.
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Rozhdestvensky, K.V. (2000). Compressible Flow Past a Wing in the Extreme Ground Effect. In: Aerodynamics of a Lifting System in Extreme Ground Effect. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04240-3_5
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