Appendix B: Supplemental Data

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Table B.1: Characteristics of the standard atmosphere in English engineering units
Altitude ( h), ft	Temperature ( T), R	Pressure ( P), lb/ft ²	Density ( ?), slug/ft ³	Speed of sound (a), ft/s	Viscosity ( ) slug/ft s
0	518.69	2116.2	0.002377	1116.4	3.737E 07
1,000	515.1	2041	0.002308	1112.6	3.717E 07
2,000	511.6	1963	0.002241	1108.7	3.697E 07
3,000	508.0	1897	0.002175	1104.9	3.677E 07
4,000	504.4	1828	0.002111	1101.0	3.657E 07
5,000	500.9	1761	0.002048	1097.1	3.637E 07
6,000	497.3	1696	0.001987	1093.2	3.616E 07
7,000	493.7	1633	0.001927	1089.3	3.596E 07
8,000	490.2	1572	0.001869	1085.3	3.576E 07
9,000	486.6	1513	0.001811	1081.4	3.555E 07
10,000	483.1	1456	0.001756	1077.4	3.534E 07
11,000	479.5	1400	0.001701	1073.4	3.514E 07
12,000	475.9	1346	0.001648	1069.4	3.493E 07
13,000	472.4	1294	0.001596	1065.4	3.472E 08
14,000	468.8	1244	0.001546	1061.4	3.451E 07
15,000	465.2	1195	0.001496	1057.4	3.430E 07
16,000	461.7	1148	0.001448	1053.3	3.409E 07
17,000	458.1	1102	0.001401	1049.2	3.388E 07
18,000	454.6	1058	0.001355	1045.1	3.367E 07
19,000	451.0	1015	0.001311	1041.0	3.346E 07
20,000	447.4	973.3	0.001267	1036.9	3.325E 07
21,000	443.9	933.3	0.001225	1032.8	3.303E 07
22,000	440.3	894.6	0.001184	1028.6	3.282E 07
23,000	436.8	857.2	0.001144	1024.5	3.260E 07
24,000	433.2	821.2	0.001104	1020.3	3.238E 07
25,000	429.6	786.3	0.001066	1016.1	3.217E 07
26,000	426.1	752.7	0.001029	1011.9	3.195E 07
27,000	422.5	720.3	0.000993	1007.7	3.173E 07
28,000	419.0	689	0.000958	1003.4	3.151E 07
29,000	415.4	658.8	0.000924	999.1	3.129E 07
30,000	411.9	629.7	0.000891	994.8	3.107E 07
31,000	408.3	601.6	0.000858	990.5	3.085E 07
32,000	404.8	574.6	0.000827	986.2	3.063E 07
33,000	401.2	548.5	0.000797	981.9	3.040E 07
34,000	397.6	523.5

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