2006-12-08 05:34:38 · 11 answers · asked by raj 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The noise that is head when someone breaks the sound barrier. To break the sound barrier you have to go faster than the speed of sound.
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2006-12-08 05:41:56 · answer #1 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sonic boom is the audible component of a shock wave in air. The term is commonly used to refer to the air shocks caused by the supersonic flight of military aircraft or passenger transports such as Concorde (Mach 2.03, no longer flying) and the Space Shuttle (up to Mach 27 - Note, this high number is largely due to the high altitudes, therefore low air pressures, at which the space shuttle flies). Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion; typically the shock front may approach 167 megawatts per square meter, and may exceed 200 decibels.
When an aircraft is near the sound barrier, an unusual cloud sometimes forms in its wake. A Prandtl-Glauert Singularity results from a drop in pressure, because of shock wave formation. This pressure change causes a sharp drop in temperature, which in humid conditions leads the water vapor in the air to condense into droplets and form the cloud.
2006-12-08 12:10:07 · answer #2 · answered by Aditya N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sonic boom is the equivalent of an shock wave in the air. This is created when an aircraft exceeds the speed of sound, increasing the pressure in the surrounding atmosphere.
Air must be pushed out of the way to move forward, which causes air pressure to build when the aircraft moves forward. When the air waves return to normal behind the plane, this causes the 'boom' sound when the air fills back in behind the plane.
2006-12-08 05:47:16 · answer #3 · answered by Lennon1977 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If an airplane is flying low enough so that the shock wave reaches the ground, anyone in the shock wave's path will experience a sonic boom. The sound is caused by a sudden, momentary change in air pressure that the ear
2006-12-10 20:30:29 · answer #4 · answered by veerabhadrasarma m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me expalin this to you in Layman's term.
Sound travels at 320m/s , when a man-made jet travels faster than 320m/s it passes its own sound made by its engine. Now when the jet makes a turn or slows down, since sound travels in all directions, it also follows the jet, and you will hear your engine's sound that was made more than few seconds ago. That my friend is a Sonic Boom.
2006-12-08 05:49:21 · answer #5 · answered by Optimist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a thin like concorde reaches above the speed of sound, that is, 343 m/s, the sound so produced is called sonic boom
2006-12-09 04:54:01 · answer #6 · answered by anmol_002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sonic boom is the sound made when something breaks the sound barrier (meaning it's going faster than the speed of sound).
2006-12-08 05:37:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sonic boom is the sound that you hear as air is super compressed in a short period of time (< 1 sec) by a vessel traveling faster than the speed of sound.
2006-12-08 05:38:37 · answer #8 · answered by CP_Researcher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An explosive sound caused by the shock wave preceding an aircraft traveling at or above the speed of sound
OR
a sound resembling an explosion producd when a shock wave formed at the nose of an aircraft traveling at supersonic speed reaches the ground.
This is alos known as sonic bang
2006-12-08 05:44:33 · answer #9 · answered by Unknown 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when an object (mainly jets )in air flies at the speed or more than the speed of sound a big blow occurs
that is called sonic boom
if very near to the buildings it might crack the windows
2006-12-08 16:56:43 · answer #10 · answered by aasaf_burnout 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sonic boom is the result when a moving body breaks the sound barrier...it happens all the time...a whip crack, even the concorde makes it...
2006-12-10 04:27:53 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋