wiffleball 4,788 Posted February 18, 2024 https://www.marineinsight.com/web-stories/us-navy-to-build-submarine-that-travels-faster-than-the-speed-of-sound/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,276 Posted February 18, 2024 I'm on a boat and, it's going fast and I got a nautical themed Pashmina Afghan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pimpadeaux 2,404 Posted February 18, 2024 22 minutes ago, wiffleball said: https://www.marineinsight.com/web-stories/us-navy-to-build-submarine-that-travels-faster-than-the-speed-of-sound/ What happens when you break the sound barrier under water? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pimpadeaux 2,404 Posted February 18, 2024 https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/196013/breaking-the-sound-barrier-underwater Quote In incompressible fluids like water, this doesn't necessarily work out the same way. In water, the dynamics tend to be far more violent, even well below the speed of sound. In particular, you will readily end up with cavitation bubbles. As already said by Acid Jazz, this allows for a rather remarkable mode of underwater motion, which is completely unlike anything you get in air. tl;dr, the sound barrier isn't really relevant under water, because stranger effects turn up before you ever get close to it. However, it would still be relevant if you could manage to keep the pressure pertubations small enough even close to the speed of sound. Actually, this is relevant for any supersonic motion under water, if you look at it on a big enough scale. For instance, an asteroid impact into the ocean does no doubt cause a sonic cone quite analogous to the one generated by supersonic aircraft. Man, I'm gettin' horny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pimpadeaux 2,404 Posted February 18, 2024 4 minutes ago, cmh6476 said: We all live in a jaundiced phallic symbol, a jaundiced phallic symbol, a jaundiced phallic symbol ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,276 Posted February 18, 2024 H2O no you didn’t. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pimpadeaux 2,404 Posted February 18, 2024 5 minutes ago, frank said: H2O no you didn’t. How the fock can a sub go the speed of sound in water? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted February 18, 2024 11 minutes ago, Pimpadeaux said: How the fock can a sub go the speed of sound in water? It's got a reservoir tip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thornton Melon 605 Posted February 18, 2024 I think they're a month and a half early. They were supposed to release this information on April 1st Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pimpadeaux 2,404 Posted February 18, 2024 17 minutes ago, wiffleball said: It's got a reservoir tip. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seafoam1 2,799 Posted February 18, 2024 1 hour ago, Pimpadeaux said: What happens when you break the sound barrier under water? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BunnysBastatrds 2,310 Posted February 18, 2024 1 hour ago, Pimpadeaux said: What happens when you break the sound barrier under water? Neptune asks Aquaaman to pull his finger and gives a new meaning to tsunami. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gepetto 1,288 Posted February 18, 2024 The speed of sound in air is 740 mph The speed of sound in seawater is 1449 mph to 1563 mph depending on temperature. https://discover.hubpages.com/technology/Fastest-Submarines-in-the-World https://www.popsci.com/article/technology/chinas-future-submarine-could-go-speed-sound/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mookz 1,337 Posted February 18, 2024 Yeah but will it have any good sides. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmh6476 1,010 Posted February 18, 2024 8 hours ago, Pimpadeaux said: How the fock can a sub go the speed of sound in water? I'm trying to wrap my head around the strategic advantage of it? Being able to respond and move to an area where needed more rapidly, I guess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted February 18, 2024 7 hours ago, cmh6476 said: I'm trying to wrap my head around the strategic advantage of it? Being able to respond and move to an area where needed more rapidly, I guess Out running torpedoes and depth charges seems good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weepaws 3,154 Posted February 18, 2024 Faster than Jimmy Johns Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lickin_starfish 1,890 Posted February 19, 2024 What if it hits a whale going full speed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 6,559 Posted February 19, 2024 20 hours ago, Pimpadeaux said: What happens when you break the sound barrier under water? 17 hours ago, Gepetto said: The speed of sound in air is 740 mph The speed of sound in seawater is 1449 mph to 1563 mph depending on temperature. https://discover.hubpages.com/technology/Fastest-Submarines-in-the-World https://www.popsci.com/article/technology/chinas-future-submarine-could-go-speed-sound/ My googling says the speed of sound in salt water is about 1500 meters per second, which is 3345 miles per hour. I'm sure they mean it goes faster than the speed of sound in air. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 14,928 Posted February 19, 2024 49 minutes ago, lickin_starfish said: What if it hits a whale going full speed? MDC would be Ronery. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gepetto 1,288 Posted February 19, 2024 29 minutes ago, jerryskids said: My googling says the speed of sound in salt water is about 1500 meters per second, which is 3345 miles per hour. I'm sure they mean it goes faster than the speed of sound in air. You're correct about the speed in mph in saltwater, I typed the wrong units and/or forgot to convert to mph. That (speed of sound in air) would not produce a supersonic submarine then, so I don't think that's what they mean. The Chinese sub is supposed to be developed to go 4000 mph (from the link I posted). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Honcho 5,096 Posted February 19, 2024 1 hour ago, lickin_starfish said: What if it hits a whale going full speed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites