Sonic boom overpressure is only about a tenth of a percent of atmospheric pressure
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- Pressure nodes in a sound field host maximal air flow which weakens sound intensity (similarity 0.82)
- Eardrum damage requires hundreds of times the overpressure of an irritating sonic boom (similarity 0.81)
- Boom-producing surface motion involves extreme acceleration but modest velocity (similarity 0.80)
- High ambient noise forces listeners to raise volume toward hearing-loss levels (similarity 0.78)