@spectrometry.mp4: The characteristics of airflow change significantly as an object accelerates from low-speed flight through the transonic regime and beyond Mach 1. At low Mach numbers, compressibility effects are minimal, allowing air to be modeled as incompressible while lift, drag, pressure distribution, and boundary layer behavior dominate aerodynamic performance. As velocity increases toward the speed of sound, local airflow over portions of the aircraft may become sonic, generating shock waves and rapidly increasing wave drag. The transonic regime is characterized by strong pressure gradients, shock-induced flow separation, changes in lift and drag coefficients, and shifts in the center of pressure that influence stability and control.

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