Fuselage design for sonic boom suppression of supersonic aircraft

摘要

Disclosed is an aircraft configured to reduce the effects of a sonic boom when flown at supersonic speed. The aircraft has a tapered fuselage. The fuselage has a first predetermined cross-section at a first longitudinal position. The cross section has a horizontal dimension which is greater than the vertical dimension of the cross section. This maximizes off-body pressures to the sides of the aircraft, but mitigates the off-body pressures above and below. This enables the suppression of sonic boom.