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| May 19, 2022 at 21:31 | comment | added | Stevan V. Saban | According to Wikipedia, the frequency range of a sonic boom is between 0.1 to 100 Hz and is dependent on a number of factors: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom Hope this helps | |
| Jul 6, 2017 at 14:22 | comment | added | honeste_vivere | @rob - I agree with what you said but the aircraft example may be a bad one because part of the sound is due to the aircraft engines and the numerous changes in cross-section can cause individual sound waves of different amplitudes to obscure the sound heard at ground (i.e., prolonged and modulated sound). | |
| Jul 5, 2017 at 23:10 | history | edited | DanielSank | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 5, 2017 at 21:24 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| S Jul 5, 2017 at 21:15 | history | suggested | SRawes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
sorry, i made the mistake of everyday language in a physics question. i said pitch and meant frequency.
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| Jul 4, 2017 at 2:30 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/882063962497589250 | ||
| S Jul 3, 2017 at 14:00 | history | suggested | Victor Pira |
Added the perception tag since the pitch is percieved not measured.
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| Jul 2, 2017 at 7:14 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Jul 2, 2017 at 4:51 | comment | added | rob♦ | @ThePhoton While it's true that, in Fourier analysis, a zero-duration pressure change is a superposition of all wavelengths and doesn't have a well-defined pitch, it's also true that real shockwaves have finite duration and some pitches resonate longer than others. For instance, a whip crack (produced when the tip of the whip exceeds the speed of sound) sounds different from a sonic boom from an aircraft, and one reasonable way to describe the difference is through the sensation of pitch. | |
| Jul 2, 2017 at 3:44 | comment | added | The Photon | A sonic boom is a shock wave, not an oscillating wave. How do you propose to define its pitch? | |
| Jul 1, 2017 at 23:29 | history | asked | PhysicsTinyHuge | CC BY-SA 3.0 |