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The physics of the whip: cracking the sound barrier
Original: La fisica della frusta, una (terribile) tecnologia che supera la barriera del suono. # physics # whipe # technology # ma
A whip's crack is a small sonic boom: when the whip is snapped, energy travels down the tapering cord, accelerating the thin tip past the speed of sound. Italian-speaking science commentators are revisiting this classic physics demonstration, calling the whip a 'terrible' technology precisely because of the supersonic shock wave it produces.
Why now: A science communicator's explanation of the whip's supersonic tip is circulating and drawing engagement.
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- La fisica della frusta, una (terribile) tecnologia che supera la barriera del suono. # physics # whipe # technology # maths # science · G3rt@mastodon.uno · 5
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