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The Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms
published by Dan Russell
This web page provides animations that show the physics of the Doppler effect and the formation of shockwaves from sound waves generated by a moving source. Photos show shockwaves of a bullet, an airplane, and a supersonic land vehicle. Links provide further information.
https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/doppler/doppler.html
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Fluid Mechanics
- Dynamics of Fluids
General Physics
- General
Oscillations & Waves
- Wave Motion
= Doppler Effect
= Shock Waves
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Reference Material
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- text/html
- image/gif
- image/jpeg
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© 2007 Daniel Russel
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Keywords:
doppler effect, fluids, sonic boom , sound , speed of sound , supersonic
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Metadata instance created June 29, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Record Updated:
August 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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April 20, 2006
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(2007), WWW Document, (https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/doppler/doppler.html).
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The Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms (2007), <https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/doppler/doppler.html>.
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The Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms. (2006, April 20). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/doppler/doppler.html
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. The Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms. April 20, 2006. https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/doppler/doppler.html (accessed 1 May 2025).
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The Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms. 2007. 20 Apr. 2006. 1 May 2025 <https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/doppler/doppler.html>.
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