Discussion
Which statement best describes why sound cannot propagate upstream in a supersonic flow?
Answer: A
A pressure disturbance moves relative to the gas at the speed of sound, but the gas itself is moving faster than that, so the net motion of every disturbance is downstream. This is why a supersonic flow cannot be influenced by anything happening behind it, and why choked nozzles behave as they do.
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