Origins and overview of the shaped sonic boom demonstration program

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 12873-12886

  Pawlowski, Joseph W ^a,d,e   Graham, David H ^a,e,f   Boccadoro, Charles H ^a,e,g   Coen, Peter G ^b,e,f   Maglieri, Domenic J ^c,e,f  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Eagle Aeronautics Inc   (United States)

^d 8D20 W6   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f 9V11/W6 ^*

^g XG00 W6

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AIRCRAFT; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SHOCK WAVES; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

AIR TRANSPORT; BOOM SIGNATURES; SONIC BOOMS; SUPERSONIC CORRIDORS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 30744475230     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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