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Old 2nd September 2001 | 22:51
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Ivan is quite correct, it's properly called "Condensation Shock", back in the mists of time (the 1950s anyway) before Schlieren photography was invented, it was used in transonic and supersonic wind tunnels for shock wave visualisation.

I can't find the equations to hand, but it occurs at a given combination of *local* Mach number, relative humidity, and temperature.

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