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Subject: What causes the sonic boom when a vehicle breaks the sound barrier??

Date: Tue Oct 14 09:16:43 1997
Posted by Jeff Ragan
Grade level: nonaligned
School: n/a
City: Philadelphia State/Province: PA
Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 876838603.Ph
Message:
A jet powered car recently broke the sound barrier " with a muffled 
boom". What happens when this barrier is broken, what causes the boom, 
and does the person in the vehicle hear the sound or feel any other 
effects ??

Re: What causes the sonic boom when a vehicle breaks the sound barrier??

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