Define Mach Cone, Mach Angle, Zone of Action and Zone of Silence.

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Define Mach Cone, Mach Angle, Zone of Action and Zone of Silence.

(5 Marks) May-2018

Subject Fluid Mechanics 2

Topic Compressible Flow

Difficulty Medium

fluid mechanics

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The series of wave fronts form a disturbance envelope given by a straight line which is tangent to the family of circles. It will be seen that all the disturbance waves lie within a cone (shown in fig.) having a vertex/apex at the body at time considered. The locus of …

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