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I'm not gonna lie we don't even need a cgm when I tell you this is an absurd stance from weekly I mean it.
What is a shockwave?
A shockwave is a sharp change of pressure in a narrow region travelling through a medium, especially air, caused by explosion or by a body moving faster than sound. A shockwave must generate force on the basis of it's definition, something, with mass must be able to move faster than the speed of sound creating a change in the pressure in a region travelling through a medium. The pressure generated in that medium creates a force, that force is called an oblique shock. At minimum, a shockwave generates an oblique shock. As the Mach number of the upstream flow becomes increasingly hypersonic (faster), the equations for the pressure, density, and temperature after the oblique shock wave reach a mathematical limit. However, speed isn't the only thing that increases a shockwaves force, mass also increases it.
Mass, how does it increase a shockwaves force? No- This isn't important, but we do know mass increases a shockwaves force. The greater mass the more it provides more inertia and in turn a greater force to the medium during the impact that creates the shockwave. Now the object creating this shockwave is clearly an object with a large mass, in turn, making the shockwave more powerful, let's assume for a second this object created a force of 2.3612759889 Kilotons of TNT, at a distance of 721 meters away, the force would still be felt at strengths of (roughly) 1.51 megajoules. I calculated this using basic math - Energy per square meters = Energy total / (4 * 3.1416 * r^2) - 2.36 / (4 * 3.1416 * 721^2 = 3.61268914e-7 Kilotons per square meter, that force would be felt by people standing at a distance of 720 meters away, not only would that cause severe movement of sand, but also severe movement of hair.
I consider this case closed.
What is a shockwave?
A shockwave is a sharp change of pressure in a narrow region travelling through a medium, especially air, caused by explosion or by a body moving faster than sound. A shockwave must generate force on the basis of it's definition, something, with mass must be able to move faster than the speed of sound creating a change in the pressure in a region travelling through a medium. The pressure generated in that medium creates a force, that force is called an oblique shock. At minimum, a shockwave generates an oblique shock. As the Mach number of the upstream flow becomes increasingly hypersonic (faster), the equations for the pressure, density, and temperature after the oblique shock wave reach a mathematical limit. However, speed isn't the only thing that increases a shockwaves force, mass also increases it.
Mass, how does it increase a shockwaves force? No- This isn't important, but we do know mass increases a shockwaves force. The greater mass the more it provides more inertia and in turn a greater force to the medium during the impact that creates the shockwave. Now the object creating this shockwave is clearly an object with a large mass, in turn, making the shockwave more powerful, let's assume for a second this object created a force of 2.3612759889 Kilotons of TNT, at a distance of 721 meters away, the force would still be felt at strengths of (roughly) 1.51 megajoules. I calculated this using basic math - Energy per square meters = Energy total / (4 * 3.1416 * r^2) - 2.36 / (4 * 3.1416 * 721^2 = 3.61268914e-7 Kilotons per square meter, that force would be felt by people standing at a distance of 720 meters away, not only would that cause severe movement of sand, but also severe movement of hair.
I consider this case closed.
