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Table of Contents
1 Cover
2 Foreword
4 Preface
6 1 History of Supersonic Transport Aircraft Development 1.1 Concorde's Development and Service 1.2 SST Development Program 1.3 Transonic Transport Configuration Studies 1.4 US High Speed Research and Development Programs 1.5 European Supersonic Research Program 1.6 A Market for a Supersonic Commercial Aircraft? Bibliography
7 2 The Challenges of High‐speed Flight 2.1 Top Level Requirements (TLR) 2.2 The Need for Speed 2.3 Cruise Speed Selection 2.4 Aerodynamic Design Considerations Bibliography
8 3 Weight Prediction, Optimization, and Energy Efficiency 3.1 The Unity Equation 3.2 Early Weight Prediction 3.3 Fuel Weight 3.4 Take‐off Weight and the Weight Growth Factor 3.5 Example of an Early Weight Prediction 3.6 Productivity and Energy Efficiency Bibliography
9 4 Aerodynamic Phenomena in Supersonic Flow 4.1 Compressibility of Atmospheric Air 4.2 Streamlines and Mach Waves 4.3 Shock Waves 4.4 Normal Shock Waves 4.5 Planar Oblique Shock Waves 4.6 Curved and Detached Shock waves 4.7 Expansion Flows 4.8 Shock‐expansion Technique 4.9 Leading‐edge Delta Vortices 4.10 Sonic Boom Bibliography
10 5 Thin Wings in Two‐dimensional Flow 5.1 Small Perturbation Flow Bibliography
11 6 Flat Wings in Inviscid Supersonic Flow 6.1 Classification of Edge Flows 6.2 Linear Theory for Three‐dimensional Inviscid Flow 6.3 Slender Wings 6.4 Delta Wing 6.5 Arrow Wings 6.6 Slender Delta and Arrow Wing Varieties Bibliography
12 7 Aerodynamic Drag in Cruising Flight 7.1 Categories of Drag Contributions 7.2 Skin Friction Drag 7.3 Slender Body Wave Drag 7.4 Zero‐lift Drag of Flat Delta Wings 7.5 Wing‐alone Glide Ratio 7.6 Fuselage‐alone Drag Bibliography
13 8 Aerodynamic Efficiency of SCV Configurations 8.1 Interaction Between Configuration Shape and Drag 8.2 Configuration (A) 8.3 Configuration B 8.4 Full‐configuration Drag 8.5 Selection of the General Arrangement Bibliography
14 9 Aerodynamics of Cambered Wings 9.1 Flat Delta Wing Lift Gradient and Induced Drag
