Code Number: 3B45.60

Demo Title: Shock Wave Fronts - Supersonic Jet & Volcanoes

Condition: Excellent

Principle: Speed of Sound - Shockwave

Area of Study: Oscillations & Acoustics, Wave Fronts

Equipment: 

Shock wave movies and mpegs.

References:

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  • "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.

Video of An F-14 Breaking The Sound Barrier In A Humid Environment

Volcano Eruption in Papua New Guinea
f 14 shockwave
Sonic Boom