Sentences with phrase «propagating pressure wave»
The scientists hypothesized that the fish's air - filled lungs might be responsible, because the air inside them buzzes and rattles in response to a propagating pressure wave.
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As the shock wave propagates downward, it flows through the moist air and forms a Wilson cloud in the low - pressure trough, underneath the fireball.
As the jet produces these pressure waves and propagates ahead of them, the regions of lower pressure are usually strongest behind the nose of the jet, on the wings and body.
The amount of gas released would be enough to cause a shock wave propagating outwards with increasing velocity and pressure until it reached ignition temperature, and then hell would break loose more or less literary.