Articles on Sound barrier

June 7, 2021

Supersonic flights are set to return – here’s how they can succeed where Concorde failed

Peter Thomas, University of Hertfordshire

Supersonic jet technology has moved on since Concorde’s final flight in 2003.

December 10, 2020

Guy Gratton, Brunel University London

Sound barrier-breaking fighter ace Chuck Yeager, who has died aged 97, epitomised a very different era of test pilots.

February 12, 2016

Philippe Blondel, University of Bath

Going faster than the speed of sound can create some exciting effects – and it’s not just aircraft that do it.

Guy Gratton
Associate Professor of Aviation and the Environment, Cranfield University
Philippe Blondel
Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Bath
Peter Thomas
Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, University of Hertfordshire