Wave drag
- increases in the supersonic region.
- increases at the low speed stall.
- increases in the transonic region.
Explanation from PART66Online
Wave drag appears with the formation of shock waves and rises steeply through the transonic region, peaking around Mach 1 (the drag-divergence effect). It is associated with high-speed shock formation, not with the low-speed stall, which is governed by angle of attack rather than compressibility.
olehenrikgjevenes asked · 2h ago
Shouldn't it be both supersonic region and transonic region? Wave drag is a consequence of the formation of shock waves. This is wrong it should retard the movement of an airplane forward in both supersonic and transonic flight.
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