As the demand for long-distance flights continues to increase, supersonic transport (SST) has once again become a hot research topic. However, in the conventional research on competitiveness of civil aircraft, because the flight speeds of various sub...
The noise of next-generation supersonic civil aircraft can become a significant nuisance for the population in the vicinity of airports. This study investigates the efficiency of the noise control approach for a notional supersonic civil aircraft at...
Reducing the sonic boom intensity and increasing the cruise lift-to-drag ratio are pivotal technologies for the successful development of supersonic civil aircraft. To address the limitation that sonic boom research primarily focuses on characteristi...
Compliance with environmental protection regulations, in particular, community noise requirements, constitutes one of the major obstacles for designing future supersonic civil aircraft. Although there are several noise sources that contribute to the...
One of the most critical regulatory issues related to supersonic flight arises from limitations imposed by community noise acceptability. The most efficient way to ensure that future supersonic aircraft will meet low-noise requirements is the verific...
The request for faster and greener civil aviation is urging the worldwide scientific community and aerospace industry to develop a new generation of supersonic aircraft, which are expected to be environmentally sustainable, and to guarantee a high le...
The request for faster and greener civil aviation is urging the worldwide scientific community and aerospace industry to develop a new generation of supersonic aircraft, which are expected to be environmentally sustainable and to guarantee a high-lev...
This paper introduces a low-boom aircraft optimization design method guided by equivalent area distribution, which effectively improves the intuitiveness and refinement of inverse design. A gradient optimization method based on discrete adjoint equat...
Reducing fuel consumption and improving the economy by effectively reducing cruising drag is the main objective of the aerodynamic design of supersonic civil aircraft. In this paper, the aerodynamic optimization design system based on the Reynolds-Av...
The recent improvement of technology readiness level in aeronautics and the renewed demand for faster transportation are driving the rebirth of supersonic flight for commercial aviation. However, the design of a future supersonic aircraft is still ve...
The problem of noise reduction in supersonic aircraft design is one of the key problems, the solution of which largely determines the speed of development of supersonic aviation as a whole. The present study examines the noise generation during fligh...
The German Aerospace Center has launched an internal project to assess the noise impact associated with supersonic transport aircraft during approach and departure. A dedicated simulation process is established to cover all relevant disciplines, i.e....
Supersonic flight for commercial aviation is gaining a renewed interest, especially for business aviation, which demands the reduction of flight times for transcontinental routes. So far, the promise of civil supersonic flight has only been afforded...
The present paper illustrates the design space exploration of a supersonic mixed-flow turbofan engine for civil applications. The aircraft platform selected is a 10-passenger business jet, cruising at Mach 1.6. To overcome noise limitations at take-o...
Over the past two decades, there has been a renewed interest in the development of a new generation of supersonic aircraft for civil purposes that could potentially succeed Concorde. However, the noise annoyance is still considered one of the hamperi...
Recent studies have revealed that control surface deflection can cause a reduction in the aerodynamic efficiency of a hypersonic aircraft of up to 30%. In fact, the characterization of the Flight Control System is essential for the estimation of the...