๐ซIn aeronautics, transonic flight is flying at or near the Speed of sound 343 m/s(1,235 km/h at sea level), relative to the air through which the vehicle is traveling.
๐ซA typical convention used is to define transonic flight as speeds in the range of Mach 0.72 to 1.0 (965–1,235 km/h (600–767 mph) at sea level).
๐ซThis condition depends on the travel speed of the aircraft & temperature of the airflow in the vehicle's local environment.
๐ซIt is formally defined as the range of speeds between the critical Mach number, when some parts of the airflow over an air vehicle or airfoil are supersonic, and a higher speed, typically near Mach 1.2, when most of the airflow is supersonic.
๐ซBetween these speeds some of the airflow is supersonic, but a significant fraction is not.
๐ซTransonic airspeeds see a rapid increase in drag from about Mach 0.8, and it is the fuel costs of the drag that typically limits the airspeed.
๐ซMost notable is the use of swept wings, but another common form is a wasp-waist fuselage as a side effect of the Whitcomb area rule.
๐ซSevere instability can occur at transonic speeds.
๐ซShock waves can cause large-scale separation downstream, increasing drag and adding asymmetry and unsteadiness to the flow around the vehicle.
๐ซTransonic speeds can also occur at the tips of rotor blades of helicopters and aircraft.
๐ซThis puts severe, unequal stresses on the rotor blade and may lead to accidents if it occurs.
๐ซIt is one of the limiting factors of the size of rotors and the forward speeds of helicopters.
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