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Lateral spread of sonic boom measurements from US Air Force boomfile flight testsA series of sonic boom flight tests were conducted by the US Air Force at Edwards AFB in 1987 with current supersonic DOD aircraft. These tests involved 43 flights by various aircraft at different Mach number and altitude combinations. The measured peak overpressures to predicted values as a function of lateral distance are compared. Some of the flights are combined into five groups because of the varying profiles and the limited number of sonic booms obtained during this study. The peak overpressures and the lateral distances are normalized with respect to the Carlson method predicted centerline overpressures and lateral cutoff distances, respectively, to facilitate comparisons between sonic boom data from similar flight profiles. It is demonstrated that the data agrees with sonic boom theory and previous studies and adds to the existing sonic boom database by including sonic boom signatures, tracking, and weather data in a digital format.
Document ID
19920024639
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Downing, J. Micah
(Air Force Systems Command Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Langley Research Center, High-Speed Research: Sonic Boom, Volume 1
Subject Category
Acoustics
Accession Number
92N33883
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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