written by
Carl Rod Nave
This Hyperphysics page contains photographs of the remarkable cloud that forms around an aircraft breaking the sound barrier. The site describes how pressure changes and the ideal gas law helps explain how the clouds is formed.
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Author = "Carl Rod Nave",
Title = {HyperPhysics: Breaking the Sound Barrier with an Aircraft},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {1 May 2025},
Month = {January 1, 2006},
Year = {2006}
}
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