Category

Shock waves

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Chelyabinsk meteor

near-Earth asteroid that fell over Russia in 2013

propagating disturbance

sound associated with shock waves created when an object travels through the air faster than the speed of sound

boundary between a magnetosphere and an ambient magnetized medium, for example when the solar wind encounters the magnetic field of Earth

wave pattern in supersonic exhaust

Prandtl–Glauert singularity

the point at which a sudden drop in air pressure occurs

shock wave generator meant to prevent hail

condensation pattern in transonic flight

condensation cloud

type of cloud produced by large explosions in humid air

wave resulting from localized energy release

shock wave that is inclined with respect to the incident upstream flow direction