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nalin [4]
2 years ago
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What are shock waves? How are they produced?

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1 answer:
Gemiola [76]2 years ago
7 0

This phenomenon is known as a shock wave. Shock waves are also produced if the aircraft moves faster than the speed of sound. If a moving source of sound moves faster than sound, the source will always be ahead of the waves that it produces.
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