eli5 Speed of Sound

Question

What would be the resulting effect if an object moving faster than the speed of sound flew in a circle and were to lap it’s own sonic boom? Would it result in an amplified boom, two booms, or nothing?

In: Physics

Answer 1

The sonic boom is basically where it already caught up with the sound, once the boom occurs it spreads out from the source so there isn’t really anything to catch up to – https://youtu.be/uO_n6LY2pVA