-, "Supersonic Transports," IAS Sherman M. Fairchild Publication Paper S.M.F. Fund No. FF-20, Jan. 1959. This is the proceedings of a symposium held at the IAS 27th Annual Meeting, New York.
Hal Hibbard and Robert A. Bailey, "The Case For the Supersonic Transport," IAS Paper No. 59-119, June 1959.
-, "2nd Supersonic Transports," IAS Sherman M. Fairchild Publication Paper S.M.F. Fund No. FF-26, Jan. 1960. This is the proceedings of the second symposium held at the IAS 28th Annual Meeting, New York.
Staff of the Langley Research Center, "The Supersonic Transport-A Technical Summary," NASA D-423, 1960. A survey of the key technical issues in each area.
M.G. Wilde, "Supersonic Transport Aircraft: Aerodynamics I," Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Vol. 65, No. 602, Feb. 1961, 75-79. This issue has several other papers on SST design.
J.T. Henshaw, Supersonic Engineering, A Symposium Held at the Royal College of Advanced Technology, Salford, John Wiley & Son., New York, 1962. Excellent collection of chapters on each area of interest to the development of a supersonic transport. The basic issues discussed are still relevant, and a much better understanding of the fundamental is available here than in most current papers. The meeting was held in May of 1961, and essentially describes the Concorde development plan.
William J. Alford, Jr., and Cornelius Driver, "Recent Supersonic Transport Research," Astronautics and Aeronautics, Sept. 1964, pp. 26-37.
A.L. Courtney, "Some Considerations Affecting the Design and Operation of Supersonic Civil Transports," J. of the Roy. Aero. Soc., Sept. 1964, pp. 598-.
M. Leroy Spearman, "The Evolution of the High-Speed Civil Transport," NASA TM 109089, Feb. 1994. This paper provides a good overview of the history of US government involvement in supersonic aircraft development programs, emphasizing the early years, with many figures showing aircraft concepts. It also contains a description of the work that occurred after the US SST was canceled.
Walter C. Swan, "A Review of the Configuration Development of the US Supersonic Transport," Paper 17, 11th Anglo-American Aeronautical Conf., London, Sept. 1969.
-, "Design Development of the Boeing SST," Interavia, 12/1969, pp. 1911-1913. A good overview of the change in the design from variable- to fixed-sweep by an impartial writer. Good figures and tables and a list of Boeing's design criteria.
Walter C.Swan, "Design Evolution of the Boeing 2707-300 Supersonic Transport, Pt. I, Configuration Development, Aerodynamics, Propulsion, and Structures," AGARD CP 147, Oct. 1973.
W.T. Kehrer, "Design Evolution of the Boeing 2707-300 Supersonic Transport, Pt. II, Design Impact of Handling Qualities Criteria, Flight Control System Concepts, and Aeroelastic Effects on Stability and Control," AGARD CP 147, Oct. 1973.
Mel Horwitch, Clipped Wings: The American SST Conflict, The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1982. This explains the programmatic, political and social history. (contains an extensive bibliography, citing many of the Av. Wk. and other stories).
The Lockheed entry is discussed in the following references:
-, "Evolution of the Lockheed Supersonic Transport," Issue #1, Spring 1965, Lockheed Horizons Magazine.
William M. Magruder, Richard Foss, Irving Litrownik, and D.R. Wyrick, "Low- Speed Characteristics of the Double-delta SST," Issue #1, Spring 1965, Lockheed Horizons Magazine.
-, "Mach Three Technology, Lockheed's Supersonic Transport, Part 1 - The Background; Aerodynamics; Propulsion; Airframe Structure," Flight International, 20 January 1966, and "Part 2-Thermal Management, Fuel, Flying Control, Hydraulic and Electrical Systems," Flight International, 27 January 1966.
R. Richard Heppe and Channing R. Englebry, "Supersonic Transport Design Evolution," Issue #5, 2nd Quarter, 1966, Lockheed Horizons Magazine.
Nathan Shapiro and S. Sherman Edwards, "Noise and the SST," Issue #5, 2nd Quarter, 1966, Lockheed Horizons Magazine.
Jim R. Thompson and John E. Parnell, "Sonic Boom and the SST," Issue #5, 2nd Quarter, 1966, Lockheed Horizons Magazine.
Howard Moon, Soviet SST, Orion Books, New York, 1989. This is possibly very speculative, but does have many references to sources of information, including most of the articles that Aviation Week printed.
Antoni Ferri, "Possibilities and Goals for the Future SST," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 12, No. 12, Dec. 1975, pp. 919-929. Ferri was the pioneer supersonic aerodynamicist and this paper provides performance estimates of his notional designs, including an emphasis on noise and emissions.
R.L. Radkey, H.R. Welge, and R.L. Roensch, "Aerodynamic Design of Mach 2.2 Supersonic Cruise Aircraft," AIAA Paper 76-955, Sept. 1976.
Vincent R. Mascitti, "A Preliminary Study of the Performance and Characteristics of a Supersonic executive Jet," NASA TM 74055, Sept. 1977. Known as the SEXJET within NASA, this is a very good systems study. An example to use as a model.
B.R. Wright, F. Bruckman, and N.A. Radovcich, "Arrow Wings for Supersonic Cruise Aircraft," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 15, No. 12, Dec. 1978, pp. 829-836. This paper describes an excellent study which is still relevant today. It compares tailed delta and arrow wing configurations, describes design constraints and considerations, and explains the Lockheed change from tailless to a tailed design.
Charles E. K. Morris, Jr., Matthew M. Winston and Shelby J. Morris, Jr., "Some Key Considerations for High-Speed Civil Transports," AIAA 88-4466, September 1988. This paper described the intial assumptions and approaches used in making new baseline studies for the HSCT program.
Peter G. Coen, "Technology Sensitivity Studies for a Mach 3.0 Civil Transport," AIAA Paper 88-4469, September 1988. A key presentation connecting key performance targets and the resulting airplane size. The sensitivities show how the growth factor changes with design range for structural, aerodynamic and propulsion technology levels.
Glenn L. Martin, Fred L. Beissner, Jr., Christopher S. Domack, and E. Williams Shields, "The Influence of Subsonic Mission Segments on the Use of Variable-Sweep Wings for High Speed Civil Transport Configurations," AIAA Paper 88-4470, September 1988. This study provides useful information, but the study could have been slightly different to best show the impact of the subsonic/supersonic mission split without the complication of variable sweep. Still very useful.
A. Warner Robbins, Samuel M. Dollyhigh, Fred L. Beissner, Jr., Karl Geiselhart, Glenn L. Martin, E.W. Shields, E.E. Swanson, Peter G. Coen, and Shelby J. Morris, Jr., "Concept Development of a Mach 3.0 High-Speed Civil Transport," NASA TM 4058, September 1988.
H. Robert Welge, "Aerodynamic Technology Opportunities for a High-Speed Civil Transport," SAE Paper 881354, 1988.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes New Airplane Development, "High-Speed Civil Transport Study," NASA CR 4233, September 1989.
Douglas Aircraft Company New Commercial Programs, "Study of High-Speed Civil Transports," NASA CR 4235, December 1989.
D.W. Elliott, P.D. Hoskins, and R.F. Miller, "A Variable Geometry HSCT," AIAA Paper 91-3101, Sept. 1991
William C. Strack, "Overview of the NASA-Sponsored HSCT Propulsion Systems Studies," AIAA Paper 91-3329, Sept. 1991.
David C. Tice and Glenn L. Martin, "A Study of Altitude-Constrained Supersonic Cruise Transport Concepts," AIAA Paper 92-1027, Feb. 1992. This paper shows the severe penalty in TOGW associated with restricting the cruise altitude. Atmospheric environment considerations provided the motivation for the study.
D.L. Antani and J.M. Morgenstern, "HSCT High-Lift Aerodynamic Technology Requirements," AIAA Paper 92-4228, Aug. 1992. This is the Douglas view of low speed airfield and noise aspects of the HSCT problems. Very useful.
E.D. Olson, "Advanced Takeoff Procedures for High-Speed Civil Transport Community Noise Reduction," SAE Paper 921939, Oct. 1992.
L.P. Ozoroski, E.W. Shields, J.W. Fenbert and M.O. McElroy, "Benefits associated with Advanced Technologies Applied to a High-Speed Civil Transport Concept," AIAA 93-1173, Feb. 1993.
Kumar G. Bhatia and Jiri Wertheimer, "Aeroelastic Challenges for a High Speed Civil Transport," AIAA Paper 93-1478, Feb. 1993. This is a combination of a review of experience with the original Boeing SST work and current studies.
Alex Van der Velden, "Multi-Disciplinary SCT Design Optimization," AIAA Paper 93-3931, August 1993. (includes serious consideration of the oblique wing concept)
Brett Malone, "High-Speed Civil Transport Study Using ACSYNT," AIAA Paper 93-4006, August 1993. Interesting technology assessment using ACSYNT.
Alex Benoliel and W. H. Mason, "Pitch-Up Characteristics for HSCT Class Planforms: Survey and Estimation," AIAA Paper 94-1819, June 1994. This paper summarizes all the NASA studies on SST type wing planforms we were able to find, from both recent and past wind tunnel tests. It also provides a simple way to assess cranked planforms for their pitch-up characteristics.
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