Shu-Huai Ao

From Concorde to Future Supersonic Transport (SST): Designs for Reducing Sonic Boom in Future Supersonic Commercial Aircraft

—On October 14, 1947, the sound barrier was broken by the Bell X-1, and the possibility of traveling faster than sound was proven. With the development of commercial aircraft, the TU-144 and Concorde showed that the distance between continents was not as far as people had thought. Supersonic commercial aircraft offer t...