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    A vapor cone (also known as a Mach diamond, shock collar, or shock egg) is a visible cloud of condensed water that can sometimes form around an object...
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    theoretical construct in flow physics, often incorrectly used to explain vapor cones in transonic flows. It is the prediction by the Prandtl–Glauert transformation...
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    wave, spreads backward and outward from the aircraft in a cone shape (a so-called Mach cone). It is this shock wave that causes the sonic boom heard as...
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    speed Sonic boom Supersonic aircraft Supersonic airfoils Transonic speed Vapor cone Prandtl–Glauert singularity "APOD: 2007 August 19 - A Sonic Boom". antwrp...
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    causes a cooling and the condensation of water vapor. Hence, small, transient clouds appear. The vapor cone of a transonic aircraft or rocket on ascent is...
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    Mach wave (redirect from Mach cone)
    occasionally be visualized out of their condensation in air, for example vapor cones around aircraft during transonic flight. Compressible flow Prandtl–Meyer...
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    F/A-18C Hornet in transonic flight producing flow-induced vapor cone...
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    fictionalized retelling of the de Havilland DH 108 test flights. Sonic boom Vapor cone See "Speed of sound" for the science behind the speed called the sound...
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    Carbon nanofibers (CNFs), vapor grown carbon fibers (VGCFs), or vapor grown carbon nanofibers (VGCNFs) are cylindrical nanostructures with graphene layers...
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    water vapour through a material or structure is reported as a moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR). The hulls of boats and ships were once waterproofed...
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