Talk:Supersonic

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Come help with Wikipedia:WikiProject Fluid dynamics moink 23:14, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Merge from transonic

  • Merge - Jack (talk) 22:30, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Don't merge - transonic aerodynamics is quantitively and qualitively different from supersonic.WolfKeeper 22:49, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Don't merge - Wolfkeeper's assertion is correct. These are two different realms of flow.

[edit] Merge from hypersonic

  • Merge - Jack (talk) 22:30, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Don't merge - I don't see any advantage to merging; and it seems cleaner to keep them separate articles.WolfKeeper 22:53, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Definitely do NOT merge - Hypersonic is not simply a faster version of supersonic. A gas undergoing hypersonic flow is chemically reacting while supersonic flow is assumed to be chemically inert. The aerodynamics of a supersonic vehicle is strongly a function of Mach number while the aerodynamics of a hypersonic vehicle is insensitive to Mach number. The mathematics describing the thermodynamics of supersonic flow can be expressed in closed form. However the mathematics for hypersonic flow requires a computer solution. The two flows definitely require separate articles. Egg plant 04:42, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

As this tag has been on a while with only Jack wanting a merge I have removed it. I hope that doesn't cause too much offence. Rex the first talk | contribs 02:40, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

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i don't think this should be merged into either transonic or hypersonic. all three of these represent different aspects of aerodynamics.


Disagree: Each of these article (supersonic and hypersonic flows) can be expanded further. Also many effect of hypersonic flow are not applicable for supersonic flow. I am not sure of the transonic flow article, maybe that can be merged with supersonic flows, but would to know what others have to say about that. myth 22:54, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
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