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ABSTRACT 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 



Axisymmetric Boundary-Layer Flow 2 



Viscous Drag 3 



PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION ALONG THE BODY 5 



AXISYMMETRIC LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER 7 



TRANSITION 10 



AXISYMMETRIC TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER 



General 19 



Boundary Layer Thin Relative to Body Radius: 8 « r . 21 



Boundary Layer Near the Tail 24 



TURBULENT WAKE 26 



CONCLUDING REMARKS 28 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 29 



REFERENCES 29 



APPENDIX 1 - CALCULATION PROCEDURE 32 



