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compression wave

[kəm′presh·ən ‚wāv]

(fluid mechanics)

A wave in a fluid in which a compression is propagated.

compression wave

A shock wave that forms on the surface of an airfoil moving through the air at supersonic speeds. The reverse phenomenon is an expansion wave. Also called bow wave. See also bow shock wave and expansion wave.

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Resuming the results presented above, we can state that the compression wave, whose shape is initially continuous and smooth enough, propagates with a constant speed [V.

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Also, the various frequencies in the compression wave provide additional information.

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Although information can be extracted from compression wave (P-wave) data alone, the inclusion of shear waves (S-waves) can be used as an additional source of observations to further constrain and narrow uncertainty in the results.

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Therefore a compression wave is created in the rod.

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A high speed impact, though, will chemically mix the materials, igniting them and leading to a compression wave and significant overpressure.

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It was then shown that by using the density of the slinky, a compression wave is no different mathematically than the transverse wave and that it has all of the basic attributes mentioned above.

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Equation (15) is the equation of elastic compression wave travelling at the phase velocity of [square root of ([lambda] + 2G)/[rho]].

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