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1 online resource |
| Series |
Aerospace series |
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Aerospace series (Chichester, England)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Since the birth of Concorde there has been a wealth of scientific publications on topics such as the development of supersonic cruise vehicles, aerodynamics, propulsion, structural design and flight physics, in particular analysis of the sonic boom. However, since the demise of Concorde more than half a century ago, there are no designers left with the experience and knowledge required for developing a new initial design proposal. Conceptual Design of Supersonic Commercial Aircraft addresses this need and is a must-have guide to conceptual supersonic aircraft design, providing a state-of-the art overview, expert analysis and discussion. It examines the challenges of high-speed flight, covers aerodynamic phenomena in supersonic flow and aerodynamic drag in cruising flight, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of oblique wing aircraft. The development of supersonic technology since the end of the twentieth century has primarily advanced in the field of transonic and supersonic aerodynamics. For example, many studies have been made in the field of configurations with oblique wings, promising improvements of the flight efficiency up to 20% as well as large gains in reducing the sonic boom, take-off noise and low speed performance improvements. From this point of a view, a new generation of supersonic passenger aircraft could have a commercial future a decade from now"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Series Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 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? -- 1.6.1 Why Fly Supersonically? -- 1.6.2 Requirements and Operations -- 1.6.3 Block Speed, Productivity, and Complexity -- Bibliography |
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Chapter 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 -- 2.4.1 Fuel and Flight Efficiency -- 2.4.2 Aerodynamic Efficiency -- 2.4.3 Power Plant Efficiency -- 2.4.4 Flight Efficiency -- 2.4.5 Cruise Altitude -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Weight Prediction, Optimization, and Energy Efficiency -- 3.1 The Unity Equation -- 3.2 Early Weight Prediction -- 3.2.1 Empty Weight -- 3.3 Fuel Weight -- 3.3.1 Mission Fuel -- 3.3.2 Reserve Fuel |
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3.4 Take-off Weight and the Weight Growth Factor -- 3.5 Example of an Early Weight Prediction -- 3.5.1 MTOW Sensitivity -- 3.6 Productivity and Energy Efficiency -- 3.6.1 Range for Maximum Productivity -- 3.6.2 Energy Efficiency -- 3.6.3 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Aerodynamic Phenomena in Supersonic Flow -- 4.1 Compressibility of Atmospheric Air -- 4.1.1 Speed of Sound and Mach Number -- 4.1.2 Compressible and Incompressible Flows -- 4.2 Streamlines and Mach Waves -- 4.2.1 Sound Waves -- 4.3 Shock Waves -- 4.4 Normal Shock Waves -- 4.4.1 Effects of Normal Shock Waves |
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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 -- Chapter 5 Thin Wings in Two-dimensional Flow -- 5.1 Small Perturbation Flow -- 5.1.1 Linearized Velocity Potential Equation -- 5.1.2 Pressure Coefficient -- 5.1.3 Lift Gradient -- 5.1.4 Pressure Drag -- 5.1.5 Symmetric Airfoils with Minimum Pressure Drag -- 5.1.6 Total Drag -- 5.1.7 Center of Pressure -- 5.1.8 Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Flat Wings in Inviscid Supersonic Flow |
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6.1 Classification of Edge Flows -- 6.2 Linear Theory for Three-dimensional Inviscid Flow -- 6.2.1 Flow Reversal Theorems -- 6.2.2 Constant-chord Straight Wings -- 6.2.3 Constant-chord Swept Wings -- 6.3 Slender Wings -- 6.4 Delta Wing -- 6.4.1 Supersonic Leading Edge -- 6.4.2 Subsonic Leading Edge -- 6.5 Arrow Wings -- 6.6 Slender Delta and Arrow Wing Varieties -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 Aerodynamic Drag in Cruising Flight -- 7.1 Categories of Drag Contributions -- 7.1.1 Miscellaneous Drag Terms and the Concept Drag Area -- 7.1.2 Analysis Methods -- 7.2 Skin Friction Drag |
| Subject |
Supersonic transport planes -- Design and construction.
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Supersonic transport planes -- Design and construction |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Torenbeek, Egbert. Essentials of supersonic commercial aircraft conceptual design. First edition. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020 9781119667001 (DLC) 2019053571 |
| ISBN |
1119667062 (electronic bk. ; oBook) |
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9781119667049 (epub) |
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1119667046 (epub) |
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9781119667032 (adobe pdf) |
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1119667038 (adobe pdf) |
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9781119667063 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardback) |
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