College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
3B45.60 - Shock Wave Fronts - Supersonic Jet & Volcanoes
- U.S. Navy Photo by Ensign John Gay, TPT, Vol. 39, # 5, p. 292, May 2001.
- Laurent Hodges, "What are the Effects of a Sonic Boom?", TPT, Vol. 23, # 3, Mar. 1985, p. 169 - 170.
- Raymond J. Emrich, " Sonic Boom", TPT, Vol. 3, # 1, Jan. 1965, p. 18.
- Sherman L. Gerhard, "Shock-Wave Convergence Demonstrated by Surface Waves on Water", AJP, Vol. 35, # 6, June 1967, p. 509.
- "Stark Beauty of Supersonic Shock Waves", Ad Astra, Winter 2015, p. 4.
- Toni Feder, "NASA Unveils a Supersonic Plane With a Quiet Boom", Physics Today, Vol. 77, #3, March 2024, p. 20.
- Toni Feder, "Quiet Boom Could Revive Supersonic Air Travel", Physics Today, April 2007, p. 24.
- Jearl Walker, "6.101, Shock Waves from the Thrust SSC Car", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 282.
- A. Hewish, "6.100, Bright and Dark Bands Over the Wing", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 281.
- Jearl Walker, "3.58, Rockfall and Tree Downing", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 169.
- Jearl Walker, "3.55, Sonic Booms from Train Tunnels", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 168.
- Jearl Walker, "3.54, Sonic Booms from Aircraft and Bullets", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 167.
- Jearl Walker, "1.87, Driving Through the Sound Barrier", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 44.
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