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In the chapter “Son of Concorde, a Technology Challenge” one of the new challenges for a Supersonic Commercial Transport (SCT) is multi-point design for the four main design points

  • supersonic cruise

  • transonic cruise

  • take-off and landing

  • transonic acceleration.

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Mertens, J. (1997). Aerodynamic Multi Point Design Challenge. In: Sobieczky, H. (eds) New Design Concepts for High Speed Air Transport. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 366. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2658-5_4

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