Sub-scale sonic boom modeling

摘要

A method for modeling the acoustic signature produced by an aircraft of interest flying at a particular supersonic Mach number/altitude operating point of interest. The method includes operating a sub-scale aircraft that is a sub-scale version of the aircraft of interest at a supersonic Mach number and at an altitude that are respectively different from the Mach number and the altitude associated with the operating point of interest. The Mach number and altitude at which the sub-scale aircraft is operated is selected such that peak overpressure generated by the sub-scale aircraft and time to rise to peak overpressure are the same as peak overpressure and time to rise to peak overpressure caused by operating the aircraft of interest at the operating point of interest.