Chapter 2: Q57E (page 541)

A jet plane flies overhead at Mach 1.70 and at a constant altitude of 1250 m. (a) What is the angle $σ$ of the shock-wave cone? (b) How much time after the plane passes directly overhead do you hear the sonic boom? Neglect the variation of the speed of sound with altitude.

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a) Angle of the shock-wave cone is $α = 36 . 03^{c}$

b) Time taken is $2.94 s$

Step by step solution

Step 1:

Given data:

The shock wave is produced by a sound source that moves faster than sound

$\sin α = \frac{v}{v_{S}}$

Here,

$v \to$ speed of sound

$v_{s} \to$ speed of source

localid="1664344351725" $α \to$ angle of shock wave

Step 2:

a) As the Mach number $= \frac{v_{S}}{v} = 1.7$

$\begin{array}{l} sim = \frac{v}{v_{S}} = \frac{1}{1.7} \\ α = s i n^{- 1} (\frac{1}{1.7}) = 36 . 03^{o} \end{array}$

Hence, the angle of the shock-wave cone is $α = 36 . 03^{°}$

Step 3:

b) Time-taken is

$Tanα = \tan 36 . 03^{°} = \frac{d}{v_{S^{}} t} = 0.727$

On putting the values;

$t = \frac{d}{v_{s} \times 0.727} = \frac{1250 m}{0.727 \times 1.7 \times 344 m / s} = 2.94 s$

Hence, the time taken is $2.94 s$

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A jet plane flies overhead at Mach 1.70 and at a constant altitude of 1250 m. (a) What is the angle $σ$ of the shock-wave cone? (b) How much time after the plane passes directly overhead do you hear the sonic boom? Neglect the variation of the speed of sound with altitude.