Abstract: A new method for the design of waverider configurations with generalized shock geometries is presented. An arbitrary three-dimensional shock shape is specified as input, and a cross-stream Euler marching procedure is used to define the post-shock flowfield. Unlike most previous studies, this approach allows for the use of nonaxisymmetric shock topologies with nonconstant shock strengths. The problem's fundamental ill-posedness is suppressed by reformulating the problem in the proper curvilinear coordinate system. Details of the new design approach are given, and the method is validated using comparisons with exact theory and direct numerical simulations.

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