2007-10-03 03:38:01 · 11 answers · asked by Kim Harold A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Acceleration to a point where you are traveling faster than sound can travel. At that point you literally break through and cause a loud bang sound, which is is why its called "breaking the sound barrier"
2007-10-03 03:42:55 · answer #1 · answered by Todd 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The sound "barrier" is the speed at which sound travels at a given altitude. At sea level the speed of sound is around 761 miles per hour. Although it is not a barrier, it was thought to be impossible to "break" early in aviation. And most jets that you see in the sky are not traveling faster than the speed of sound. The typical 747 usually travels around 550 miles per hour.
2007-10-03 03:44:02 · answer #2 · answered by Jeremy W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-19 22:33:31 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When an object or person travels faster than the speed of sound(otherwise known as Mach I). Search for Chuck Yeager on yahoo.
2007-10-03 03:41:47 · answer #4 · answered by a_talis_man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When an object exceeds the speed of sound then it is leaving the noise of its 'bow wave' behind. That means you cannot hear it as it passes you, until the sound wave reaches you,some time later, by which time the object has sped away.
2007-10-03 03:48:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok here is the sweet and simple answer. it means faster than the speed of sound basically when u travel than the speed of sound which is 344 m/s (1238 km/h, or 769 mph, or 1128 ft/s). or MACH 1 ur goin faster than sound
2007-10-03 04:35:38 · answer #6 · answered by SeG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
going faster than sound. when you look in the sky and see those white tails coming from jets, they are going faster than sound. and they have to be really high up so the boom that follows them does not affect what is on the ground. a sonic boom on the ground would break windows and set off car alarms and cause all kinds of trouble
2007-10-03 03:42:57 · answer #7 · answered by gonavy271 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
traveling faster than the speed of sound
2007-10-03 04:16:05 · answer #8 · answered by dw03038 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The others are correct. You should rent and watch the movie "The Right Stuff" and you will understand much better.
2007-10-03 04:06:24 · answer #9 · answered by Sciencenut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simply exceeding the speed of sound
2007-10-06 04:47:07 · answer #10 · answered by elionae 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋