supersonic flow

Supersonic flow refers to fluid movement, such as air around an object, traveling faster than the speed of sound in that medium. At sea level, this speed is approximately 343 meters per second (1,125 feet per second). In this state, shock waves form, creating a loud sound known as a sonic boom when the object breaks the sound barrier. Supersonic flow is often encountered in aviation, especially with fighter jets and some commercial aircraft, and is important in fields like aerospace engineering to understand how objects behave at high speeds.