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Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar Flow Control pp 233–245Cite as

Supersonic Laminar Flow Control

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For several decades (1920’s to 1960’s) the development trend of commercial aviation was higher and faster culminating in the 707 class of conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) transport (and subsequent derivatives). This extraordinary marriage of the swept wing and jet engines revolutionized long-haul passenger transport and supplanted steam ships trains and more recently even eroded the lower end of the long-haul transport spectrum buses. The higher and faster trend was abruptly halted in the early ‘70s by a combination of economic reality and environmental concerns. The next logical step beyond the 707 class aircraft would have been a supersonic transport (SST) or as they are termed today a high-speed civil transport (HSCT). Such an aircraft cruises in the Mach number 2 to 3 range and would represent a revolutionary development in long distance transport. An early version of such an aircraft the Concorde while a technological marvel for its time has not proven to be economically viable and only a small number were produced and operated. The U.S. SST program was canceled in the early ‘70s in an era of: (a) general technological antipathy (b) sharply rising fuel costs and (c) environmental sensitivity/concern. Today there is a resurgence of interest in civilian supersonic long-haul aircraft.

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    D. M. Bushnell

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  1. Space Systems Division, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, 23665, USA

    R. W. Barnwell

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    M. Y. Hussaini

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Bushnell, D.M. (1992). Supersonic Laminar Flow Control. In: Barnwell, R.W., Hussaini, M.Y. (eds) Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar Flow Control. ICASE/NASA LaRC Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2872-1_7

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