Summary and Statistical Analysis of the First AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop

uid dynamics solutions are gathered from nineteen participants representing three countries for the two required cases, an axisymmetric body and simple delta wing body. Structured multiblock, unstructured mixed-element, unstructured tetrahedral, overset, and Cartesian cut-cell methods are used by the participants. Participants provided signatures computed on participant generated and solution adapted grids. Signatures are also provided for a series of uniformly rened workshop provided grids. These submissions are propagated to the ground and noise measures are computed. This allows the grid convergence of a noise measure and a validation metric (dierence norm between computed and wind tunnel measured near-eld signatures) to be studied for the rst time. A statistical analysis is also presented for these measures. An optional conguration includes fuselage, wing, tail, ow-through nacelles, and blade sting. This full conguration exhibits more variation in eleven submissions than the sixty submissions provided for each required case. Recommendations are provided for potential improvements to the analysis methods and a possible subsequent workshop.