Staged Aft Body for Alleviation of Tail Boom.

The article discusses research that examined the effectiveness of a staged aft body at addressing its tail boom by using an aeroballistic range. It describes the evaluation of the loudness of a sonic boom according to overpressure and the perceived loudness. The details of the experiment carried out at Nagoya University in Japan are presented. The researchers noted the generation of an expansion fan and oblique shock by the staged aft body.