This paper presents a discussion of an aircraft shaping method to control sonic boom over-pressure levels along with the analysis of wind-tunnel data which validated the method. The results indicate that the sonic boom minimization method can guide the design team choices of aircraft planform and component arrangement toward a low-boom-level configuration while permitting sufficient freedom and flexibility to satisfy other design criteria. Further, it is shown that off-design flight conditions do not drastically change the overpressure sonic boom shape and strength.


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    Title :

    Some effects of applying sonic boom minimization to supersonic cruise aircraft design


    Contributors:
    Mack, R. J. (author) / Darden, C. M. (author)

    Conference:

    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aeroacoustics Conference ; 1979 ; Seattle, WA


    Publication date :

    1979-03-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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