N Wave Propagation through Turbulence as Scale Model of Sonic Boom Propagation through the Atmosphere

Friday, February 21, 1992 4:00 p.m. Bart Lipkens Applied Research Laboratories and Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Typical measured sonic boom rise times are two to five times longer than rise times calculated using molecular relaxation theory [J. Kang, Ph.D. thesis, Pennsylvania State University (May 1991); A. D. Pierce and…