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Sonic Boom & Condensation Trails: Explained
Air, like any gas can be compressed into a liquid, the action of the airfoil or wing compresses the air and forms the liquid water vapor. Condensation. The sonic boom is the loud noise created when a high pressure wave followed by a low pressure wave of an aircraft traveling faster than the...- Sled Head
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Solving the Supersonic Speed Problem in Physics
I would say that the angle is more like a radius, but at the front of the aircraft it is a flat perpendicular at which it forms the radius. This is called the doppler effect and shock wave. Like a point on the inside surface of a ball. See this link-...- Sled Head
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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SR-71 Blackbird - Supersonic Aircraft
Another great link on the history of the Remarkable SR-71. http://mach3ti.com You can see first hand why they were so remarkable. The special Beta Titanium Alloy provided the ability to shed off the heat created by tremendous atmospheric frictional loads and still retain it's high strength...- Sled Head
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- Forum: Aerospace Engineering
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Fukushima Why is Fukushima nuclear crisis so threatening?
It's like we're living in an imaginary World. The Government knows that if they don't tell you, there won't be a problem. Covering it in mud and clay is like sticking your head in the sand. Or is it like the three monkeys, hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil? Or how about just sweeping it...- Sled Head
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- Forum: Nuclear Engineering
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Japan Earthquake: Nuclear Plants at Fukushima Daiichi
Questions Since cesium (radio active or non radioactive) gets absorbed by plants and animals as a nutritional supplement in place of potassium and becomes part of the World food chain. Will this not effect health by lack of potassium levels and or by way of cell damage from cesium exposure? If...- Sled Head
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- Forum: Nuclear Engineering