Jason 1978 Sonic Boom Report

Abstract

Press reports of East Coast Mystery Booms has led to a number of studies of the propagation of shock waves into the thermosphere. This report shows that SST (Concorde) generated booms (a) do not heat the thermosphere, (b) do not create thermospheric wind, and (c) do not cause chemical changes in the thermosphere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA065294

Entities

People

  • F. W. Perkins
  • G. J. Macdonald
  • R. L. Garwin
  • S. M. Flatte

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • High Altitude
  • Infrasounds
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Research
  • New Jersey
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Shock Waves
  • Sonic Boom
  • South Carolina
  • Supersonic Aircraft

Readers

  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.