A shock wave caused by the shuttle moving through the air faster than the speed of sound during re-entry. A shuttle's signature double sonic boom is a result of shock waves created by the nose and the tail of the orbiter.
when an aircraft flies at the speed of sound the air in front of it is compressed so muchthat it forms into a shock wave that travels out through the air and even reaches the ground. As the shock wave passes by people hear it as a double bang known as a sonic boom.
an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound; "a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship"
an "explosion" of covalent bonds that happens when they are all rammed together, just as any other explosion is a violent separation of covalent bonds, (which is immediately recovered by gravity that immediately re-forms without sound
a pressure wave, caused mainly by the lift from the airplane's wing, with steep pressure rises at each end
a Shock Wave produced by an object moving through the air at supersonic speed, i
a shock wave which propagates from an aircraft or other object which is going faster than sound through the air (or other medium)
a thunder-like sound produced when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound
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A sonic boom is the loud booming noise created when a moving object travels faster than the speed of sound. It is caused by constructive interference of overlapping sound waves. Speed of Sound
A sonic boom is a very loud sound that is caused by a shock wave (pressure disturbance in the air) coming from an object which is traveling faster than the speed of sound. Fireballs and some fast aircraft can cause sonic booms.
Noise, pressure, and shock waves resulting from an aircraft or missile exceeding the speed of sound. At one time property damage caused by sonic boom was excluded under most property forms. Modern commercial property forms and homeowner policies now cover losses by sonic boom.
an intense pressure or shock wave produced from an object traveling faster than the speed of sound. The sonic boom is usually heard as a sharp crack or cracks, like thunder.
The term is commonly used to refer to the air shocks caused by the supersonic flight of military aircraft or passenger transports such as Concorde (Mach 2.03, no longer in service) and the Space Shuttle (up to Mach 27). Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion; typically the shock front may approach 167 megawatts per square meter, and may exceed 200 decibels.
