How much friction would a hypersonic jet experience?
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I cannot give you a number without a specific speed or aircraft, but from what you are asking, it would be minute. Air is a fluid like water, and any aircraft is built to be aerodynamic.
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M$For a fairly smooth surface in hypersonic airflow, the coefficient of friction might be something like 0.001 to 0.002 - seems like pretty small stuff!
Hypersonic aircraft are often designed to fly at dynamic pressures of about 1000 pounds-force per square foot. That's equivalent to Mach 5 at an altitude of about 80,000 feet (~24 kilometers), or Mach 10 at 110,000 feet(~34 kilometers) .
If you multiply these numbers, you'll find that a square foot of exposed surface will experience a friction force of 1 to 2 pounds-force ( about 4.5 to 9 Newtons). So, a hypersonic airplane with about 1000 square feet of surface area would have 1000 to 2000 pounds-force of drage due to friction.
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