{"id":6036,"date":"2023-05-28T11:17:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T18:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/?page_id=6036"},"modified":"2024-05-29T22:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T05:47:55","slug":"sonic-booms-and-supersonic-flight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/course-materials\/physics-11\/sound\/sonic-booms-and-supersonic-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Booms and Supersonic Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>A sonic boom occurs when an object moves through a medium at the speed of sound in that medium. Due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/physics-11\/sound\/the-doppler-effect\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6029\">Doppler Effect<\/a>, the sound waves will stack on top of each other, adding together (constructive interference) to create a sound wave with a very large amplitude.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dopplereffectsourcemovingrightatmach1.0.gif\">Animation of an object breaking the sound barrier (Mach 1.0)<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doppler_effect#\/media\/File:Dopplereffectsourcemovingrightatmach1.4.gif\">Animation of an object during supersonic flight (Mach 1.4)<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If a jet plane is traveling faster than Mach 1.0, why can people in the front of the plane still hear the sound of the engines in the back of the plane?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qph.fs.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-01ace2defde5700b0db0c62d427e2738-c\">Image of a sonic boom<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i.redd.it\/hzuhm8zvnjb11.jpg\">Image of SpaceX rocket going supersonic<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0Top 5 Sonic Booms From Jets Caught On Camera (3:26 &#8211; watch first 2:34 only)<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 5 Sonic Booms From Jets Caught On Camera\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z_4fqN6patA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Going Supersonic &#8211; Insane F-18 Sonic Boom Past An Aircraft Carrier! (0:58 &#8211; watch from 0:38)<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Going Supersonic - Insane F-18 Sonic Boom Past An Aircraft Carrier!\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PQydRIxoAU0?start=38&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>F-35 performs the best sonic boom (8:04 &#8211; watch from 3:30 to 3:55, and 4:25 to 4:55)<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"F-35 performs the best sonic boom\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ad6Ss8coLh4?start=210&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>See Also<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/physics-11\/sound\/the-doppler-effect\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"6031\" class=\"wp-image-6031\" src=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Doppler-Train-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Doppler-Train-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Doppler-Train-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Doppler-Train-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Doppler-Train.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Doppler Effect<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sonic boom occurs when an object moves through a medium at the speed of sound in that medium. Due to the Doppler Effect, the sound waves will stack on top of each other, adding together (constructive interference) to create a sound wave with a very large amplitude. Animation of an object breaking the sound &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/course-materials\/physics-11\/sound\/sonic-booms-and-supersonic-flight\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sonic Booms and Supersonic Flight&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6039,"parent":5986,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6036","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6036"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7975,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6036\/revisions\/7975"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}