World's Fastest Pitch - Supersonic Baseball Cannon - Smarter Every Day 242
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Smarter Every Day builds a supersonic baseball cannon to test what happens when a baseball is fired faster than the speed of sound.
From the video
Answers: What happens when you fire a baseball faster than the speed of sound?
- supersonic baseball cannon
- aerodynamics
- high-speed photography
- fluid dynamics
- ballistics
What it concludes
- A baseball fired at supersonic speed (approx 1,050 mph) is completely destroyed upon impact with a steel plate due to kinetic energy.
- A supersonic baseball leaves behind a shock wave and a distinct cone angle indicating supersonic velocity.
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