When the object breaks the sound barrier, this pressure wave cascades outward in a cone shape, forming a shock wave. The abrupt pressure change creates the characteristic sonic boom heard on the ...

Collier Aerospace supplied HyperX computer-aided engineering software to Swift Engineering for the structural sizing, ...

This cone-shaped shock wave wouldn't be a problem ... only one—to significantly ameliorate the sonic boom. In 1971, building on work done in the 1960s by NASA's Ed McLean and Harry Carlson ...

BOOM! What was the earth-shaking, jolt-you-awake, set-off-the-car-alarm sound? Oh right, a rocket launch. But why are some ...

This experimental aircraft from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® is part of the Quesst (Quiet Supersonic Technology) mission of U ...

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according ...

Design & analysis software used for structural sizing, analysis, and test validation of 35ft structure.

preventing a sonic boom. With these and other factors considered, the Navy has developed designs to be applied to the nose cone, body, and boat tail of the projectile for an ideal aerodynamic shape at ...

Today a civil test airliner, Boom Technology’s XB-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time in two decades.