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JustWonderingx
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I'm just trying to get a better grasp on sound waves and shock waves.
Let's say I have a cylindrical rod of length L with no forces acting on it, and I push on the back of it with some constant velocity less than the speed of sound, c, of the material the rod is made of. Will the front of the rod not move until time=L/c?
Now let's say I push on the same rod with a velocity, V, greater than c, and the material cannot fracture but can deform transversely. Would the length of the rod approach 0 at time=L/V as the back of the rod approaches the front? In this situation is the shockwave moving at velocity V?
Thanks
Let's say I have a cylindrical rod of length L with no forces acting on it, and I push on the back of it with some constant velocity less than the speed of sound, c, of the material the rod is made of. Will the front of the rod not move until time=L/c?
Now let's say I push on the same rod with a velocity, V, greater than c, and the material cannot fracture but can deform transversely. Would the length of the rod approach 0 at time=L/V as the back of the rod approaches the front? In this situation is the shockwave moving at velocity V?
Thanks