An oblique shock is a
shock wave that, unlike a normal shock, is inclined with respect to the direction of incoming air. It occurs when a supersonic flow encounters a corner that effectively turns the flow into itself and compresses. This photograph shows an oblique shock at the nose of a
Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft, made visible through
Schlieren photography.Photograph credit: NASA & US Air Force (J.T. Heineck, Ed Schairer, Maj. Jonathan Orso, Maj. Jeremy Vanderhal)
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An oblique shock is a
shock wave that, unlike a normal shock, is inclined with respect to the direction of incoming air. It occurs when a supersonic flow encounters a corner that effectively turns the flow into itself and compresses. This photograph shows an oblique shock at the nose of a
Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft, made visible through
Schlieren photography.Photograph credit: NASA & US Air Force (J.T. Heineck, Ed Schairer, Maj. Jonathan Orso, Maj. Jeremy Vanderhal)
Editors should avoid manually inserting large and small
font sizes into
prose. Increased and decreased font size should primarily be produced through automated facilities such as
headings or through carefully designed
templates. Below is one list of
font sizing templates that have been tested and are available if needed: