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Bow Wave

A slang term for the initial shock of a change decreed by upper management. The term has a slightly negative connotation, but the situation is usually considered to be temporary.
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av] of the compression wave propagating through the felt material.
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Following the cease of contact, the wave is reflected from the contact end as compression wave and periodic cycles start with a period equals to [tau].
A finite element simulation to longitudinal impact waves in elastic rods
Environmental Protection Agency and the Richard Huberts Innovation Award for its Compression Wave Injection(TM) (CWI) technology.
Design & Manufacturing Solutions, Inc. Announces Direct Marketing And Support Of Compression Wave Injection(TM) Technology For Low Emission Two-Stroke Engines
Each respective site was examined using PE compression wave transducers, (Fig.
Ultrasonic examinations detail fitness of North Sea pipeline. (Pipeline & Gas Journal's International/Offshore Report)
Tests have shown that Compression Wave Injection technology may reduce hydrocarbon emissions by as much as 70 percent as well as improving fuel economy by 30 percent in two-cycle engines.
John Deere Two-Cycle Engine Wins Second Major Environmental Award
Various combinations of shear and compression waves ensure good penetration to the pipe ID and a high signal to noise ratio.
Girth weld inspection solutions for CRA clad pipe
He covers nuclear fission and fusion reactions, the thermonuclear plasma, collision processes in thermonuclear plasmas, shock and compression waves, thermonuclear ignition and burn, ignition by fission explosives, non-fission ignition, thermonuclear lenses and shaped charges, the significance of thermonuclear micro-explosions for fundamental research, recent developments, and the future.
The release of thermonuclear energy by inertial confinement; ways towards ignition
The fast waves indicate membrane porosity, while slow compression waves show membrane defects.
Patents of interest
Compression waves alternately compress and release rocks in the direction the waves are moving (similar to the air compression we hear as sound).
Listening closely to 'see' into the Earth: a new national facility of cutting-edge seafloor seismographs probes Earth's interior
Seismic vibrations travel both in push-pull compression waves and side-to-side shear waves.
The Silence of the Bams
Seismic refraction/reflection methods are used to measure travel-times of compression waves traveling through the subsurface.
Geophysical Surveys Used To Plan Tunnel Design
The compression waves radiate like waves from a pebble dropped in a pond, causing a rolling rumble.
A sky-watcher's guide to summer's electric show
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