Essentials of Supersonic Commercial Aircraft Conceptual Design. Egbert Torenbeek

Supersonic Commercial Transport Aircraft, AIAA Paper 2017‐1387. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2017‐1387

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      1 ¹ The transonic area rule describes how the variation of the cross‐sectional area along the longitudinal axis can be manipulated to reduce the wave drag of a flight vehicle at near‐sonic and supersonic flight speeds. The results of this design methodology are often manifest in highly swept wings and “coke bottle” shaped fuselages.