Talk:Sonic Boom Generation/@comment-2197197-20140120003910/@comment-11490248-20140120005059

A sonic boom is a type of shock wave that occurs when waves generated by a source over a period of time add together coherently, creating an unusually strong sum wave.

A shock wave is a pressure wave that propagates faster than the sound speed of the medium in which it propagates. A shock wave is a typical example of nonlinear phenomena which occurs whenENERGYis deposited and instantaneously released in very confined regions of gases, liquids and even solids.