As it closed out 2024, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft reached transonic speeds in its 10th test flight from the ...

In the future, Boom Supersonic plans to take the XB-1 to transonic (speeds between Mach 0.8 and Mach 1.2) and supersonic (>Mach 1.2) speeds and test the material. This test flight marks yet ...

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However, the XB-1, built to fly safely in the supersonic regime, will smoothly cruise through transonic speeds before “making aviation history.” Boom Supersonic is halfway along in the ten test ...

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“Boom said flight 9 will see XB-1 going deeper into the transonic regime.” What makes the transonic period pivotal is that transonic speeds can cause structural vibrations known as the ...

Computation of shock wave oscillations (transonic buffet) with hybrid RANS/LES (HRLM) simulations ...

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