Surprising results from hypersonic air flow simulations could help design stronger, faster and more durable supersonic ...

Boom Supersonic built a supersonic plane for a fraction of the cost of NASA's X-59. Now all that's left to do is build it ...

This cone-shaped shock wave wouldn't be a problem if it lost its strength as it moved away from the plane. But it doesn't. With conventional supersonic aircraft, it maintains most of its shape all ...

Mostaafa Hassan, PhD, assistant professor at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and in the Department ...

Shock waves that cause sonic booms move out in a cone originating from the supersonic object. This makes the perceived boom audible to an observer on the ground on either side of and behind the ...

As the slowed, but still supersonic, air continues to move farther into the inlet, the normal shock wave springs up between the inlet throat and the engine compressor—exactly where it is ...