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This web page explains the physics of sonic shock waves. Text and animations describe and illustrate the wavefronts of sound from a moving point source for the cases of motion equal to, less than, and greater than the speed of sound.
This is part of a large collection of physics animations.
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Number = {1 May 2025},
Month = {August 2, 2007},
Year = {1998}
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