Elements of NASA's high-speed research programA brief description is given of the history of supersonic transport research, of feasibility studies commissioned by NASA in 1986, and of the NASA High-Speed Research Program which is an outgrowth of those feasibility studies. The paper places particular emphasis on airport and community-noise reduction through advanced takeoff procedures and high-lift devices and sonic-boom reduction through configuration design. Sonic-boom acceptability studies and atmospheric propagation methods are also discussed.
Document ID
19930061158
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Darden, Christine M. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Olson, Erik D. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Shields, Elwood W. (Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co. Hampton, VA, United States)