Raise the speed toward Mach 1 and watch the wavefronts pile up ahead
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Ambulance passing
Moving observer
Supersonic (Mach cone)
Study frame (slow)
Source speed
200 m/s
Observer speed
0 (still)
Source frequency
440 Hz
Medium (wave speed)
Sound in air — 343 m/s
Sound in water — 1480 m/s
Source frequency f₀
440 Hz
Heard by observer (ahead)
— Hz
Heard behind (receding)
— Hz
Wavelength ahead
— m
Wavelength behind
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Mach number M
0.58
Doppler Effect Simulator ↗ LK Forge
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