How does a whip break the sound barrier? (Slow Motion Shockwave formation) - Smarter Every Day 207 ─ SmarterEveryDay

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The awesome German Paper:
https://link.springer.com/article/10....

University of Arizona paper:
http://www.e-kaczor.net/keiko/whip.pdf


History of Shock waves:
https://books.google.com/books?id=Pmu...

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