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Schlieren Images Reveal Supersonic Shock Waves

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Aug 25, 2015
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NASA is using a 21st century version of schlieren imagery to visualize supersonic flow.
NASA is using a 21st century version of schlieren imagery, invented by a German physicist in 1864, to visualize supersonic flow phenomena with full-scale aircraft in flight.

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NASA is using a 21st century version of schlieren imagery, invented by a German physicist in 1864, to visualize supersonic flow phenomena with full-scale aircraft in flight.

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