Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration
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Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration used a F-5 Freedom Fighter modified with a new body shape, and was tested over a two year period in what has become the most extensive study on the sonic boom to date. After measuring the 1,300 recordings, some taken inside the shock wave by a chase plane, the SSBD demonstrated a reduction in boom by about one-third.
The demonstration was part of the Quiet Supersonic Platform program funded by DARPA.
[edit] See also
- Aerodynamics#Supersonic aerodynamics
- Whitcomb area rule
- Sound barrier
- Mach number
- Sonic boom
- Shock wave
