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🔊 Speed of Sound in Different Media - 2D Wavefront Board

2D companion of the speed of sound lab: top-down wavefronts from a moving source with a live Doppler measurement, the Mach cone and sonic-boom ground arrival in air, helium, water and steel.

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Speed of Sound in Different Media - 2D Wavefront Board ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the speed of sound lab: top-down wavefronts from a moving source with a live Doppler measurement, the Mach cone and sonic-boom ground arrival in air, helium, water and steel.

AcousticsDoppler EffectMach NumberWaves

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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