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deepseadiver | 08:12 Wed 14th Oct 2009 | Science
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In going through the sound barrier a sonic boom is created ..If it were possible to go HYPERSONIC... 5 times the speed of sound, would a boom still be created?
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The sonic boom occurs as you go through the sound barrier. Any speed - supersonic, hypersonic etc will pass through this speed at a particular point and that is when the boom is created.
09:10 Wed 14th Oct 2009
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The shock wave that produces a sonic boom continues to be formed as speed exceeds that of sound.

http://illuminatingreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/machCone.png

This shock wave eminates from the object moving through the air at the speed of sound in the shape of a cone which narrows (becomes more pointed) as speed increases.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom
05:49 Fri 16th Oct 2009

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