Jump to content

File:Supersonic Bullet Shadowgraph.jpg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file(1,872 × 1,872 pixels, file size: 1.53 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary[edit]

Image of a supersonic bullet created using a Shadowgraph. The V-shaped shockwaves are clearly visible; propagating from the front-most tip of the bullet is the "bow shockwave," behind which are various other shockwaves caused by the bullets driving bands -- raised bands around the bullet that form a seal with the barrels riflings. Trailing the bullet is a region of strong turbulence, which forms as air rushes in to fill the partial vacuum behind it.

Image from NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/20070815/f.html courtesy of Andrew Davidhazy/Rochester Institute of Technology

I cleaned up, resized and edited this photo.

Licensing:[edit]

This photograph was not created by NASA - it was made by me, Prof. Andrew Davidhazy, and I retain copyright but allow usage for educational purposes. Commercial use strictly forbidden without permission. This is a cropped version of the full image which you can see here: http://www.davidhazy.org/andpph/photofile-b/shadowgraph-bullet-1.jpg

I don't know how to modify or deal with Commons License etc. so would appreciate assistance in this regard.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current13:54, 12 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 13:54, 12 November 20081,872 × 1,872 (1.53 MB)Rjcflyer@aol.com (talk | contribs)Image of a supersonic bullet created using a Shadowgraph. The V-shaped shockwaves are clearly visible; propagating from the front-most tip of the bullet is the "bow shockwave," behind which are various other shockwaves caused by the bullets driving bands
No pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed).

Metadata