Improved sonic boom minimization with extendable nose spike

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3773-3782

  Howe, Donald C ^a,b,c  

^a GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Preliminary Design Department   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS JETS; SONIC BOOMS; SUPERSONIC FLIGHTS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; FUSELAGES; SHOCK WAVES; SUPERSONIC FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 30744444965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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