NASA ibhengeze ukuba isebenza nayo Lockheed Martin kwiprojekthi entsha yenqwelomoya yejethi yorhwebo ekwaziyo ukwaphula isantya sesandi ngaphandle kokuvelisa i-sonic boom edume kakubi.
Nayiphi na into ehamba kwiatmosfera ngokukhawuleza kunesantya sesandi ivelisa iliza lokothuka eliguqulela kwisandi esikhulu esifana nogqabhuko-dubulo okanye indudumo ebizwa ngokuba yi-sonic boom, echaphazela iindawo ezinkulu, ezihlala zinabantu abaninzi kwiikhilomitha ezininzi ukusuka kwinqwelomoya ngokwayo.
I-sonic booms yayiyingxaki enkulu kuhambo lomoya we-supersonic kwaye inyanzelise uninzi lweConcorde - iBritish-French turbojet-powered i-supersonic airliners yabakhweli eyayisebenza phakathi kuka-1976 no-2003 - iinqwelomoya ukuba zicothise emhlabeni ukuya ngaphantsi kwesantya sesandi.
Ijethi entsha, ebizwa ngokuba yi-X-59, iphuhliswa ngabakwa Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, kunye NASA ingxelo "ekhuthazayo" iziphumo zovavanyo lwetonela yomoya kwimodeli encinci yenqwelomoya yayo entsha. T
Uvavanyo luqinisekisile uqikelelo lwangaphambili lwe-NASA lwekhompyuter olubonisa ukuba ijethi entsha inokuvelisa amanqanaba asezantsi engxolo, utshilo i-arhente.
Iprojekthi ye-X-59 'Quiet SuperSonic Technology' (QueSST) iphuhliswa ubuncinane ukususela ngo-2018. Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works njengenxalenye yeprojekthi. Isiphumo senqwelo-moya ye-X-59 esaphantsi kophuhliso yenzelwe ukuba ibe nesantya sokuhamba nge-925 mph, esiphindwe nge-1.4 ngaphezu kwesantya sesandi.
Nge-X-59, sifuna ukubonisa ukuba singakwazi ukunciphisa i-sonic boom ecaphukisayo ibe yinto ethule kakhulu, ebizwa ngokuba 'ziithontsi ze-sonic,' ”utshilo uJohn Wolter, umphandi okhokelayo kuvavanyo lwe-X-59 sonic boom wind-tunnel.
“Injongo kukubonelela ngengxolo kunye nedatha yokusabela kuluntu kubalawuli, nto leyo enokukhokelela kwimithetho emitsha yenqwelomoya ye-overland supersonic. Olu vavanyo lubonise ukuba asiloyilo nje lwenqwelomoya oluzolileyo, kodwa sikwanazo nezixhobo ezichanekileyo ezifunekayo ukuxela kwangaphambili ingxolo yenqwelomoya yexesha elizayo,” wongeze watsho uWolter.
NASA kunye no-Lockheed Martin balindele ukuqalisa iimvavanyo zokuqala zenqwelomoya ngasekupheleni kuka-2022. Okwangoku, imodeli yejethi epheleleyo iphantsi kovavanyo lokuqina kwiziko laseTexas, i-arhente yatsho. Iinqwelomoya "kuluntu olujikeleze i-US" ziya kuqala ngo-2024, yongeza.
