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Shock wave

In mechanics, specifically acoustics, a shock wave, shockwave, or shock is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the medium. Like an ordinary wave, a shock wave carries energy and can propagate through a medium, but is characterized by an abrupt, nearly discontinuous, change in pressure, temperature, and…

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  • Oblique Oblique shock
  • Bow Bow shock (aerodynamics)
  • Bow Bow (watercraft)

In supersonic flows

Normal shocks

Shock waves due to nonlinear steepening

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related to Further reading · 12
Shock wave → Bibcode, Diffusion Equations, European Physical Journal, Joel, Krehl, Peter, Reaction, S2CID, Shock, Shock Waves, Smoller, Springer ISBN
related to Normal shocks · 9
Shock wave → At, However, Hugoniot, In, It, Since, Taking, The, The Rankine
related to Shock waves due to nonlinear steepening · 9
Shock wave → An, Earth's, In, Shock, Similar, Strong, The, There, While
related to Attached shock · 7
Shock wave → Examples, Mach, Normal, Smaller, Supersonic, The, These
related to Detonation wave · 7
Shock wave → Chapman, In, It, Jouguet, The, TNT, When
related to External links · 7
Shock wave → Aviation, FansSelkirk, High, NASA Glenn Research Center, Oblique ShocksMultiple Crossed ShocksExpansion, Schlieren, T-38C
see also · 6
Shock wave → Blast, Meyer, MHD, Shock, Sonic, Thomson
related to In rapid granular flows · 5
Shock wave → Consider, Impact, Shock, Strong, This
related to In supersonic flows · 5
Shock wave → In, Mach, Measurements, The, When
related to Moving shock · 5
Shock wave → Balloon, Examples, Moving, The, Usually

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the trombone become high enough for steepening to occurinstance ofThere is a theory that the sound pressure levels in brass instruments0.80text
forming an essential part of the bright timbre of the instrumentsinstance ofThere is a theory that the sound pressure levels in brass instruments0.80text
TNTinstance ofA detonation will also cause a shock to propagate into the surrounding air due to the overpressure induced by the explosion.When a shock wave is created by high explosives0.80text
flow separationinstance ofto produce new flow structures0.80text
transitioninstance ofto produce new flow structures0.80text
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