If something travels faster than the speed of sound in air it causes a sonic-boom resulting from the shock waves that are created at such speeds.
Sound travels faster in water than in air.
I am guessing if it happens in water it will cause tsunamis.
What do you all think would happen?
2007-05-29 14:57:34 · 6 answers · asked by WEAJR. 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Sound travels much faster in water than it does in air, you will have to be more precise.
2007-06-03 10:57:34 · answer #1 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a new area of weapons development that deals with this phenomenon. It's called supercavitation. Cavitation is the formation of and subsequent collapse of air bubbles in water due to an object moving at high speed. This happens in pumps and on propellors and seriously damages metals.
If you get somethng moving at that high speed beyond the critical speed, the object will remain inside that cavitation bubble. Iran claims to have developed a super torpedo that does this. It is supposed to travel at 200kph under water. This isn't supersonic but 4-5X the speed of any other underwater system in use now. It is not likely their development but Russian and it has serious limitations now.
The effect on the water are mostly localized and less energetic that an explosion. Nothing moving through the water can equal the energy released by the earthquakes that cause tsunamis.
2007-06-04 04:30:37 · answer #2 · answered by morgan j 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Astronaut though they travel at a speed more than sound still could hear each other. Because Sound is a longitudinal wave, where there is air there's sound. In that time the speed of their speeches would travel more than the speed of sound if you consider the frame of reference by which you are measuring the speed of the spaceship. But still if you consider the spaceship to the the frame of reference then the speed of their speeches still move at the same speed of sound. Therefore they would be able to hear each other...
2016-05-21 10:49:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would cause a sonic boom under water, just the same. There's no reason why it would cause a Tsunami.
2007-05-29 15:14:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would expect a shock wave similar to a sonic boom. No tsunami.
2007-05-29 15:13:15 · answer #5 · answered by Charles C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow, never thought of this, but its a very good question.
It probably would cause Tsunami's, but then again in water you don't hear very much so there might also be a chance that nothing will happen....
2007-05-29 15:10:51 · answer #6 · answered by John Doe 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋