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Wave drag on a supersonic aerofoil arises because
Answer: B
In supersonic flow the pressures on forward-facing and rearward-facing surfaces no longer balance, and the residue is a drag that exists even with no viscosity and no finite span. It is quite distinct from induced drag, which needs a finite wing, and from friction drag, which needs viscosity.
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