Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration
The
Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California and Northrop Grumman
.
The program became, at that time (2003),F-15B research testbed aircraft following to measure the F-5E's shock wave signature close-up. During the flights, many shock wave patterns were measured by the F-15B at various distances and orientations from the F-5E.
An unmodified F-5E flew a few seconds behind the demonstration aircraft to provide a baseline sonic boom measurement to validate the reduced boom produced by the demonstrator.
A
Blanik L-23 glider
carrying a microphone on the left wingtip, and a pressure transducer on the side of the fuselage, flew at a lower altitude of 10,000 feet (3,000 m) under the path of the F-5E, which flew at 32,000 feet (9,800 m), to record sonic booms in the air. In addition, sonic boom data were gathered on the ground by an array of 42 sensors and recording devices along 2.5 miles (4.0 km) under the flight path of the F-5E. Dryden-developed boom amplitude and direction sensors recorded ground-level sonic boom signature data.
The demonstration was initially part of the Quiet Supersonic Platform program funded by
U.S. Navy F-5E aircraft into the SSBD aircraft. The aircraft is on display at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum at Titusville, Florida.[2]
See also
- Supersonic aerodynamics
- Whitcomb area rule
- Sound barrier
- Mach number
- Quiet Spike
- Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
- Gulfstream X-54
References
- ^ Banke, Jim (April 3, 2018). "NASA's Sonic Boom Research Takes 'Shape'". NASA. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "Aircraft Collection". valiantaircommand.com. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
External links
- Malik, Tariq (April 21, 2004). "Shushing Sonic Booms: Changing the Shape of Supersonic Planes". Space.com. Imaginova. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- Pawlowski, Joseph W.; Graham, David H.; Boccadoro, Charles H.; Coen, Peter G.; Maglieri, Domenic J. "Origins and Overview of the Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration Program". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.75.7228.
- NASA Dryden Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration Photo Collection
- "Quieting the Boom: The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator and the Quest for Quiet Supersonic Flight" by Lawrence R. Benson (NASA Aeronautics Book Series)
