Essentials of Supersonic Commercial Aircraft Conceptual Design

Essentials of Supersonic Commercial Aircraft Conceptual Design

by Egbert Torenbeek
Released June 2020
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781119667001

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Book description

Provides comprehensive coverage of how supersonic commercial aircraft are designed

This must-have guide to conceptual supersonic aircraft design provides a state-of-the art overview of the subject, along with 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.

Essentials of Supersonic Commercial Aircraft Conceptual Design is intended for members of a team producing an initial design concept of an airliner with the capability of making supersonic cruising flights. It begins with a synopsis of the history of supersonic transport aircraft development and continues with a chapter on the challenges of high-speed flight, which discusses everything from top level requirements and cruise speed requirements to fuel efficiency and cruise altitude. It then covers weight sensitivity; aerodynamic phenomena in supersonic flow; thin wings in two-dimensional flow; flat wings in inviscid supersonic flow; aerodynamic drag in cruising flight, and aerodynamic efficiency of SCV configurations. The book finishes with a chapter that examines oblique wing aircraft.

  • Provides supersonic aircraft designers with everything they need to know about developing current and future high speed commercial jet planes
  • Examines the many challenges of high-speed flight
  • Covers aerodynamic phenomena in supersonic flow and aerodynamic drag in cruising flight
  • Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of oblique wing aircraft 

Essentials of Supersonic Commercial Aircraft Conceptual Design is an ideal book for researchers and practitioners in the aerospace industry, as well as for graduate students in aerospace engineering.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Foreword
  3. Series Preface
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. 1 History of Supersonic Transport Aircraft Development
    1. 1.1 Concorde's Development and Service
    2. 1.2 SST Development Program
    3. 1.3 Transonic Transport Configuration Studies
    4. 1.4 US High Speed Research and Development Programs
    5. 1.5 European Supersonic Research Program
    6. 1.6 A Market for a Supersonic Commercial Aircraft?
    7. Bibliography
  7. 2 The Challenges of High‐speed Flight
    1. 2.1 Top Level Requirements (TLR)
    2. 2.2 The Need for Speed
    3. 2.3 Cruise Speed Selection
    4. 2.4 Aerodynamic Design Considerations
    5. Bibliography
  8. 3 Weight Prediction, Optimization, and Energy Efficiency
    1. 3.1 The Unity Equation
    2. 3.2 Early Weight Prediction
    3. 3.3 Fuel Weight
    4. 3.4 Take‐off Weight and the Weight Growth Factor
    5. 3.5 Example of an Early Weight Prediction
    6. 3.6 Productivity and Energy Efficiency
    7. Bibliography
  9. 4 Aerodynamic Phenomena in Supersonic Flow
    1. 4.1 Compressibility of Atmospheric Air
    2. 4.2 Streamlines and Mach Waves
    3. 4.3 Shock Waves
    4. 4.4 Normal Shock Waves
    5. 4.5 Planar Oblique Shock Waves
    6. 4.6 Curved and Detached Shock waves
    7. 4.7 Expansion Flows
    8. 4.8 Shock‐expansion Technique
    9. 4.9 Leading‐edge Delta Vortices
    10. 4.10 Sonic Boom
    11. Bibliography
  10. 5 Thin Wings in Two‐dimensional Flow
    1. 5.1 Small Perturbation Flow
    2. Bibliography
  11. 6 Flat Wings in Inviscid Supersonic Flow
    1. 6.1 Classification of Edge Flows
    2. 6.2 Linear Theory for Three‐dimensional Inviscid Flow
    3. 6.3 Slender Wings
    4. 6.4 Delta Wing
    5. 6.5 Arrow Wings
    6. 6.6 Slender Delta and Arrow Wing Varieties
    7. Bibliography
  12. 7 Aerodynamic Drag in Cruising Flight
    1. 7.1 Categories of Drag Contributions
    2. 7.2 Skin Friction Drag
    3. 7.3 Slender Body Wave Drag
    4. 7.4 Zero‐lift Drag of Flat Delta Wings
    5. 7.5 Wing‐alone Glide Ratio
    6. 7.6 Fuselage‐alone Drag
    7. Bibliography
  13. 8 Aerodynamic Efficiency of SCV Configurations
    1. 8.1 Interaction Between Configuration Shape and Drag
    2. 8.2 Configuration (A)
    3. 8.3 Configuration B
    4. 8.4 Full‐configuration Drag
    5. 8.5 Selection of the General Arrangement
    6. Bibliography
  14. 9 Aerodynamics of Cambered Wings
    1. 9.1 Flat Delta Wing Lift Gradient and Induced Drag
    2. 9.2 Warped Wings
    3. Bibliography
  15. 10 Oblique Wing Aircraft
    1. 10.1 Advantages of the Oblique Wing
    2. 10.2 Practical Advantages of the Oblique Wing
    3. 10.3 Oblique Wing Transport Aircraft
    4. 10.4 Oblique Flying Wing (OFW)
    5. 10.5 Conventional and OWB Configurations Compared
    6. 10.6 Conclusion
    7. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Essentials of Supersonic Commercial Aircraft Conceptual Design
  • Author(s): Egbert Torenbeek
  • Release date: June 2020
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781119667001