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Keywords: Supersonic shockless fuselage.PNG To generate lift a supersonic airplane has to produce at least two shock waves One over-pressure downwards wave and one under-pressure upwards wave Withcomb ™s area rule states we can reuse air displacement without generating additional shock waves In this case the fuselage reuses some displacement of the wings various sources -> my head -> vector graphics -> png 2005-09-04 Arne Christian Rosenfeldt Aerodynamics diagrams Sonic boom |