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    In physics, a shock wave (also spelled shockwave), or shock, is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the...
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  • Shock Wave 2 is a 2020 Hong Kong-Chinese action film written and directed by Herman Yau, produced by and starring Andy Lau. The film is a standalone sequel...
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  • Shock Wave is a 2017 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Herman Yau, produced by and starring Andy Lau. Released on 20 April 2017 in Hong Kong...
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    An oblique shock wave is a shock wave that, unlike a normal shock, is inclined with respect to the direction of incoming air. It will occur when a supersonic...
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    Potisat S, Lojanapiwat B, Pattanittum P (August 2023). "Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) versus percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) or retrograde...
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  • Shock Waves is a 1977 American horror film written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn. The film is about a group of tourists who encounter aquatic Nazi zombies...
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  • choked. Normal shock waves are shock waves that are perpendicular to the local flow direction. These shock waves occur when pressure waves build up and...
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  • hypertension, and untreated urinary tract infections."[1] Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (lithotripsy) Intracorporeal (endoscopic lithotripsy): Laser lithotripsy :...
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    supersonic speeds within the Solar System. At the termination shock, a standing shock wave, the solar wind falls below the speed of sound and becomes subsonic...
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    describe the relationship between the states on both sides of a shock wave or a combustion wave (deflagration or detonation) in a one-dimensional flow in fluids...
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    Shock diamonds (also known as Mach diamonds or thrust diamonds) are a formation of standing wave patterns that appear in the supersonic exhaust plume of...
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    These weak waves can combine in supersonic flow to become a shock wave if sufficient Mach waves are present at any location. Such a shock wave is called...
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  • Traffic waves, also called stop waves, ghost jams, traffic snakes or traffic shocks, are traveling disturbances in the distribution of cars on a highway...
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    body waves—the primary (P waves) and secondary waves (S waves)—and surface waves, such as Rayleigh waves, Love waves, and Stoneley waves. A shock wave is...
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    Hydrostatic shock, also known as Hydro-shock, is the controversial concept that a penetrating projectile (such as a bullet) can produce a pressure wave that...
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  • can be approximated as a lead shock wave, followed by a self-similar subsonic flow field. In simpler terms, a blast wave is an area of pressure expanding...
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    Sonic boom (redirect from N-wave)
    A sonic boom is a sound associated with shock waves created when an object travels through the air faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms generate...
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    stellar wind meets the interstellar medium. The defining criterion of a shock wave is that the bulk velocity of the plasma drops from "supersonic" to "subsonic"...
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    and the shock wave it creates ahead of itself. (In the case of a sharp object, there is no air between the nose and the shock wave: the shock wave starts...
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  • blast wave circled the globe three times, with the first one taking 36 hours and 27 minutes. A seismic wave in the Earth's crust, generated by the shock wave...
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    pyrotechnic initiator, see Shock tube detonator The shock tube is an instrument used to replicate and direct blast waves at a sensor or a model in order...
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    A bow shock, also called a detached shock or bowed normal shock, is a curved propagating disturbance wave characterized by an abrupt, nearly discontinuous...
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  • Side B No. Title Length 5. "Shock Wave" 5:15 6. "Air Dance" 5:17 7. "Over to You" 5:22 8. "Breakout" (instrumental) 2:35 9. "Swinging the Chain" 4:06 Total...
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  • A shock-induced combustion ramjet engine (abbreviated as shcramjet; also called oblique detonation wave engine; also called standing oblique detonation...
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  • An undercompressive shock wave is a shock wave that does not fulfill the Peter Lax conditions. Ordinary shock waves are compressive, that is, they fulfill...
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    Vapor cone (category Shock waves)
    addition to making the shock waves themselves visible, water condensation can also occur in the trough between two crests of the shock waves produced by the...
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    Shock waves are common in astrophysical environments. Because of the low ambient density, most astronomical shocks are collisionless. This means that the...
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  • spherical shock wave propagating outwards from the explosion center. The self-similar solution tries to describe the flow when the shock wave has moved...
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    {\displaystyle x_{{\text{particle}},95\%}} from the shock. In practice, this means a shock wave would look, to a PIV system, blurred by approximately...
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    Inlet cone (redirect from Shock cone)
    a gas turbine engine or ramjet combustor takes place through oblique shock waves. Slowing the air to low supersonic speeds using a cone minimizes loss...
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