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Mach number

Input(s)

v: Velocity of source relative to medium (m/s)(\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s})(m/s)

vs: Speed of sound in the medium (m/s)(\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s})(m/s)

Output(s)

M: Mach number (dimensionless)

Formula(s)

M=vvsM=\frac{v}{v s}M=vsv​

Reference(s)

Wikipedia.org.


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