Furthermore, the name superexpress ( и¶…з‰№жЂҐ, chЕЌ-tokkyЕ«), used exclusively until 1972 for Hikari trains on the TЕЌkaidЕЌ Shinkansen, is used today in English-language announcements and signage.

The term bullet train ( ејѕдёёе€—и»Љ, dangan ressha) originates from 1939, and was the initial name given to the Shinkansen project in its earliest planning stages. In English, the trains are also known as the bullet train. Shinkansen ( ж–°е№№з·љ) in Japanese means 'new trunk line' or 'new main line', but this word is used to describe both the railway lines the trains run on and the trains themselves. 12.3 Tohoku extension/Hokkaido Shinkansen.6.1.3 Tohoku, Hokkaido, Joetsu, and Hokuriku Shinkansen.5.2 TЕЌhoku, Hokkaido, Yamagata and Akita Shinkansen.5.1 TЕЌkaidЕЌ, San'yЕЌ and Kyushu Shinkansen.Japan's Shinkansen network had the highest annual passenger ridership (a maximum of 353 million in 2007) of any high-speed rail network until 2011, when the Chinese high-speed railway network surpassed it at 370 million passengers annually, reaching over 2.3 billion annual passengers in 2019. At peak times, the line carries up to 16 trains per hour in each direction with 16 cars each (1,323-seat capacity and occasionally additional standing passengers) with a minimum headway of three minutes between trains. In the one-year period preceding March 2017, it carried 159 million passengers, and since its opening more than five decades ago, it has transported more than 5.6В billion total passengers. The original TЕЌkaidЕЌ Shinkansen, connecting Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, three of Japan's largest cities, is one of the world's busiest high-speed rail lines. Test runs have reached 443В km/h (275В mph) for conventional rail in 1996, and up to a world record 603В km/h (375В mph) for SCMaglev trains in April 2015. The maximum operating speed is 320В km/h (200В mph) (on a 387.5В km section of the TЕЌhoku Shinkansen). The network presently links most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, and Hakodate on northern island of Hokkaido, with an extension to Sapporo under construction and scheduled to commence in March 2031. Starting with the TЕЌkaidЕЌ Shinkansen (515.4В km, 320.3В mi) in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of 2,764.6В km (1,717.8В mi) of lines with maximum speeds of 240вЂ“320В km/h (150вЂ“200В mph), 283.5В km (176.2В mi) of Mini-Shinkansen lines with a maximum speed of 130В km/h (80В mph), and 10.3В km (6.4В mi) of spur lines with Shinkansen services. Over the Shinkansen's 50-plus-year history, carrying over 10 billion passengers, there has been not a single passenger fatality or injury on board due to derailments or collisions. It is operated by five Japan Railways Group companies. Beyond long-distance travel, some sections around the largest metropolitan areas are used as a commuter rail network. Initially, it was built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, to aid economic growth and development. 'new main line'), colloquially known in English as the Bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. The Shinkansen ( Japanese: ж–°е№№з·љ, pronounced, lit. Morgan flew a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird #61-7958 at 3529.60 km/h (2193.20 mi/h), which is Mach 2.85.Map of Shinkansen lines (excluding the Hakata-Minami Line and Gala-Yuzawa Line extension) But now planes routinely fly faster than the speed of sound. What could this mean? What happens when a source approaches the speed of sound? It was once argued by some scientists that such a large pressure wave would result from the constructive interference of the sound waves, that it would be impossible for a plane to exceed the speed of sound because the pressures would be great enough to destroy the airplane. If the source moves at speeds greater than the speed of sound, the observed frequency is negative. According to the equation, if the source moves at the speed of sound, the denominator is equal to zero, implying the observed frequency is infinite. Recall that the observed frequency for a moving source approaching a stationary observer isДЄs the source approaches the speed of sound, the observed frequency increases. When discussing the Doppler effect of a moving source and a stationary observer, the only cases we considered were cases where the source was moving at speeds that were less than the speed of sound. Describe the difference between sonic booms and shock waves.Explain the mechanism behind sonic booms.By the end of this section, you will be able to:

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