Acoustics Articles

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  Sonic boom

  A sonic boom is the audible component of a shock wave in air. The term is commonly used to refer to the air shocks caused by the supersonic flight of military aircraft or passenger transports such as ... > more
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  Cosmic Rays
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  Black Holes
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  Electromagnetic spectrum

  The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic radiation. Above infrared in frequency comes visible light. This is the range in which the sun and stars similar to it emit ... > more
• Nature of Water
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  Fluid dynamics

  Fluid dynamics is the subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that studies fluids (liquids and gases) in motion. The discipline has a number of subdisciplines, including aerodynamics (the study of gases) ... > more
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  Tensile strength

  Tensile strength measures the force required to pull something such as rope, wire, or a structural beam to the point where it breaks. The tensile strength of a material is the maximum amount of ... > more
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  Transformer

  A transformer is an electrical device that transfers energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling with no moving parts. A transformer comprises two or more coupled windings, or a single ... > more
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  Copper

  Copper is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. Copper is a reddish-colored metal, with a high electrical and thermal conductivity. Copper has its ... > more
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  Electromagnetic radiation

  Electromagnetic radiation is a propagating wave in space with electric and magnetic components. These components oscillate at right angles to each other and to the direction of ... > more
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  Radar

  RADAR is a system used to detect, range, and map objects such as aircraft, ships, and rain. Powerful radio waves are transmitted, and a receiver listens for any echoes. By analysing the reflected ... > more
• Nature of Water
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  Shock wave

  In a supersonic flow the compression of a nonreacting gas can be most simply modelled as an isentropic or Prandtl-Meyer compression, or as a shock wave. When an object (or disturbance) moves faster ... > more
• Nature of Water
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  Aerodynamics

  Aerodynamics (shaping of objects that affect the flow of air, liquid or gas) is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with the study of forces and gas flows. The solution of an aerodynamic problem ... > more

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