• Mach reflection is a supersonic fluid dynamics effect, named for Ernst Mach, and is a shock wave reflection pattern involving three shocks. Mach reflection...
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    Movement Perception (2001) Energeticism Mach (kernel) Mach bands Mach disk Mach reflection Mach's principle Mach–Zehnder interferometer Stereokinetic stimulus...
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    The Mach–Zehnder interferometer is a device used to determine the relative phase shift variations between two collimated beams derived by splitting light...
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    Specular reflection, or regular reflection, is the mirror-like reflection of waves, such as light, from a surface. The law of reflection states that a...
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  • Thus, a detached shock is formed and a more complicated reflection known as Mach reflection occurs. Prandtl–Meyer fans can be expressed as both compression...
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  • Neuroscience Rodolfo Llinás Ludwik's law Physics P. Ludwik Mach principle Mach reflection Physics Ernst Mach Marconi's law Radio technology Guglielmo Marconi Markovnikov's...
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    M_{1}^{2}\sin ^{2}\!\beta .} Bow shock (aerodynamics) Gas dynamics Mach reflection Moving shock Shock polar Shock wave Hall, Nancy (13 May 2021). "Oblique...
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    Experiments on the Mechanism of Inducing Transition between Regular and Mach Reflection Facilities and Instrumentation for Hypersonic Measurements of Transition...
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    supersonic Ludwieg tube. He has made contributions in gas dynamics, notably Mach reflection and effects of dissociation, in separated flows, and in wind tunnel...
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  • conical shock wave will have detached from the solid surface (see Mach reflection). These detached cases are not considered here. The flow immediately...
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  • Shock Wave Reflection Phenomena (2nd ed.). Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-71381-4. "Transition between Regular Reflection and Mach Reflection in the Dual-Solution...
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    In physics, total internal reflection (TIR) is the phenomenon in which waves arriving at the interface (boundary) from one medium to another (e.g., from...
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  • assessments that are more precise reflections of the construct." John Rauthmann and others have stated that, while the MACH-IV is "a generally reliable and...
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    The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was developed and manufactured by...
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  • Transonic wind tunnels, between Mach 0.75 and Mach 1.2 (920 and 1,500 km/h; 570 and 910 mph; 260 and 410 m/s), are designed on similar principles as subsonic...
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    the B-1A. Prototypes of this version could fly Mach 2.2 at high altitude and long distances and at Mach 0.85 at very low altitudes. The program was canceled...
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    field of personality psychology, Machiavellianism (sometimes abbreviated as MACH) is the name of a personality trait construct characterized by manipulativeness...
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    six-engine, delta-winged Valkyrie could cruise for thousands of miles at Mach 3+ while flying at 70,000 feet (21,000 m). At these speeds, it was expected...
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  • barriers and safer buildings. Mach stem formation occurs when a blast wave reflects off the ground and the reflection catches up with the original shock...
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    discontinuities which triggers Mach bands, a common visual artifact of Gouraud shading. List of common shading algorithms Blinn–Phong reflection model Phong shading...
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  • MacDowell–Mansouri action Macedonio Melloni Mach's principle Mach bands Mach number Mach principle Mach reflection Mach tuck Mach wave Mache (unit) Macromolecular...
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  • hero his father killed. Former Human Torch and Spider-Man foe Beetle became MACH-1, using a new high-tech suit. Fixer became the gadget-wielding Techno. Long...
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  • (on Microsoft Windows), ELF (on Linux and most other versions of Unix), Mach-O (on macOS and iOS) and MZ (on DOS). Metadata is casually used to describe...
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    faster than Mach 1, which refers to the speed of sound. "Supersonic includes speeds up to five times Mach than the speed of sound, or Mach 5." (Dunbar...
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    in particular the most salient is a reflection with a vertical axis, like that present in the human face. Ernst Mach made this observation in his book "The...
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    selected for low radar reflection, including fiberglass. The new engines reduced the cruise speed to Mach 3.2, compared to Mach 4.2 for the FISH, but range...
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    intake diverter. The modified F-16 demonstrated a maximum speed of Mach 2.0 (Mach 2.0 is the F-16's clean certified maximum speed) and handling characteristics...
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    Beam splitters are sometimes used to recombine beams of light, as in a Mach–Zehnder interferometer. In this case there are two incoming beams, and potentially...
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    pioneer. He invented the widely used Phong shading algorithm and Phong reflection model. Phong was born in Hanoi. After attending the Lycée Albert Sarraut...
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    wind tunnel is a wind tunnel that produces supersonic speeds (1.2<M<5) The Mach number and flow are determined by the nozzle geometry. The Reynolds number...
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