MadSci Network: Physics
Query:

Re: can a sonic boom push you over or can it even blow you apart?

Date: Mon Sep 21 16:07:31 1998
Posted By: Avra Brahma, Grad student, Aerospace Engineering, OSU
Area of science: Physics
ID: 905819682.Ph
Message:

eric,

i think this link will answer all your questions


http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/Sonic_Boom.html

you should read up supersonic fluid mechanics to understand what a shock
wave is.


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