pressure wave
Blast's invisible push
A pressure wave is a disturbance that travels through a medium—air, water, or solid material—by alternating regions of compression and expansion.
Sound is the most familiar example: when you hear something, pressure waves are reaching your eardrums.
Explosions create powerful pressure waves that can shatter windows and knock people down.
In medicine, pressure wave therapy uses focused waves to break up kidney stones or stimulate tissue healing.
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- bomb blastDetonation's violent release
- overpressurePressure exceeding ambient levels
- thunderclapExplosive atmospheric sound
- sonarUnderwater detection by echoes
blast zone · blast radius · explosion · sound barrier · fighter jet · barotrauma · ear drum · vibration · Doppler effect · wavefront · sonic · propagation · ultrasound imaging · pulse · ripple · boom · thunder clap · concussion
- pressureabsolute, psi, pascal, kilopascal, hectopascal
- waveswavelength, ripples, wavefront, surf, waveform
- Explosionsexplosion, blast, detonation, boom, bang
- sound wavessound waves, acoustic energy, wavelength, waveform, amplitude
- Supersonicssonic boom, Mach number, sound barrier, Mach 1, Mach 2
- shock wavesshock waves, sonic boom, Mach number, overpressure, blast radius
pressure waveelectromagnetic radiation
Wave-propagating energy through space
electromagnetic wave · light wave · radio wave · photon · light