Sun, YichengSmith, HowardChen, Haixin2020-08-112020-08-112020-06-08Sun Y, Smith H, Chen H. (2020) Conceptual design of low-boom low-drag supersonic transports. In: AIAA Aviation 2020 Forum, Virtual Event, 15-19 June 2020978-1-62410-598-2https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-2635https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/15657This paper introduces a supersonic aircraft design model developed in a multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization (MDAO) environment. Low- to medium- fidelity methods are applied to the conceptual design model. A family of different classes supersonic aircraft are designed with similar general layout, including a single seat supersonic demonstrator, a 10-passenger supersonic business jet and a 50-seat supersonic airliner. These concepts prove the feasibility of low-boom low-drag supersonic transport designs in a multidisciplinary perspective. There are some challenges to balance the volume with packaging and control requirements. The low-boom design for configuration with nacelles are also very challenging.enAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 InternationalConference paper