N+2 Low Boom Wind Tunnel Model Design and Validation

In the late 1960’s and 1970’s the theory for shaping a vehicle for “Sonic Boom Minimization” (ref. 1) was invented by George, Seebass and Darden (ref. 2), to hopefully enable a supersonic transport ( SST) to fly over land with acceptably quiet sonic boom. The theory and supporting methodology has been developed and refined since then up to the present, where we now believe we have the capability to design very low sonic boom vehicles. And perhaps even more importantly, we believe we can design very low sonic boom vehicles with nearly as high of performance as non-low boom vehicles.