P-wave, one of the two main types of elastic body waves, called seismic waves in seismology. They travel faster than other seismic waves and are sometimes also referred to as Primary Waves.
Mechanical longitudinal waves, also called compressional or compression waves
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A P wave (primary wave or pressurewave) is one of the two main types of elastic body waves, called seismic waves in seismology. P waves travel faster...
Pressurewave may refer to: P-wave, one of the two main types of elastic body waves, called seismic waves in seismology. They travel faster than other...
A pressurewave supercharger (also known as a wave rotor) is a type of supercharger technology that harnesses the pressurewaves produced by an internal...
Hydraulic shock (colloquial: water hammer; fluid hammer) is a pressure surge or wave caused when a fluid in motion is forced to stop or change direction...
concept that a penetrating projectile (such as a bullet) can produce a pressurewave that causes "remote neural damage", "subtle damage in neural tissues"...
In physics, a standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that oscillates in time but whose peak amplitude profile does not move in space...
when travelling through a medium, and pressurewaves, because they produce increases and decreases in pressure. A wave along the length of a stretched Slinky...
standing wave (node-antinode-node). Considering the pressurewave in this setup, the two closed ends are the antinodes for the change in pressure Δp; Therefore...
Rodrigues near Mauritius, 4,800 kilometres (3,000 mi) away. The acoustic pressurewave circled the globe more than three times.: 63 At least 36,417 deaths...
at atmospheric pressure, these represent sound waves with wavelengths of 17 meters (56 ft) to 1.7 centimeters (0.67 in). Sound waves above 20 kHz are...
ordinary wave, a shock wave carries energy and can propagate through a medium but is characterized by an abrupt, nearly discontinuous, change in pressure, temperature...
example, sound waves are variations of the local pressure and particle motion that propagate through the medium. Other examples of mechanical waves are seismic...
longitudinal waves, where the oscillations occur in the direction of the wave. The standard example of a longitudinal wave is a sound wave or "pressurewave" in...
pressure or acoustic pressure is the local pressure deviation from the ambient (average or equilibrium) atmospheric pressure, caused by a sound wave....
frequency and pressure in ordinary air, deviating slightly from ideal behavior. In colloquial speech, speed of sound refers to the speed of sound waves in air...
Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is the velocity at which the blood pressure pulse propagates through the circulatory system, usually an artery or a combined...
creates a series of pressurewaves in front of the aircraft and behind it, similar to the bow and stern waves created by a boat. These waves travel at the speed...
Thermoacoustics is the interaction between temperature, density and pressure variations of acoustic waves. Thermoacoustic heat engines can readily be driven using...
: 445 Gauge pressure (also spelled gage pressure) is the pressure relative to the ambient pressure. Various units are used to express pressure. Some of these...
describing acoustic waves are acoustic pressure, particle velocity, particle displacement and acoustic intensity. Acoustic waves travel with a characteristic...
every area on Earth since the 1950s. Heat waves occur from climate change. Heat waves form when a high-pressure area in the upper atmosphere strengthens...
x descent follows the 'a' wave and corresponds to atrial relaxation and rapid atrial filling due to low pressure. The c wave corresponds to right ventricular...
a zone of significantly elevated pressure travels outward through both air masses as a compression wave. This wave moves at the speed of sound through...
the pressurewave produced is the basis for signal separation in PAFC. The pressurewave created is in the form of an ultrasound wave. The wave propagates...
In fluid dynamics, a blast wave is the increased pressure and flow resulting from the deposition of a large amount of energy in a small, very localised...
deal with gas pipelines is limited. The acoustic pressurewave method analyses the rarefaction waves produced when a leak occurs. When a pipeline wall...
researchers implanted high-speed pressure transducers into the brain of pigs and demonstrated that a significant pressurewave reaches the brain of pigs shot...
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