What happens when an aircraft breaks the sound barrier?
How do we perceive sound?
Sound is produced when the chords of a guitar of a guitar are set in vibration.This vibratory movements then propagates in the forms of waves,like the waves that arise when a stone falls in water.Waves can travel only in a medium such as water or air,but the vacuum is completely silent.Sound waves compress the air.Sometimes sound compresses the air so strongly that is causes pain in the eardrum because of the high pressure of the waves.Very deep sounds propagate into the ground,and our body feels vibration.This is why,the deaf can also perceive and dance to it.
Why does a police car siren change pitch when it passes us?
As the police car approaches us,the pitch increases,and when it moves away from us,the pitch decreases.When the car approaches us,the sound waves of the siren are 'compressed'more towards us,resulting in higher pitch.When the car is moving away,the sound waves get stretched;as a result sound fades away.This effect can be noticed only by an outside observer;the driver hears the same pitch of sound at all times.This phenomenon is called the Doppler effect,which is named after its discoverer.


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