Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the physics behind the sound you hear when you clap your hands! The mechanism ...

The Last Stand," a character claps and sends a shock wave that knocks out an opposing army. Sunny Jung, professor of ...

The “Helmholtz resonator” concept explains the frequencies of sound produced by clapping the hands together in different configurations.

A new paper published in the journal Physical Review Research provides experimental support for the hypothesis that hand clapping essentially acts like a Helmholtz resonator —akin to the hum generated ...

Researchers elucidate the complex physical mechanisms and fluid dynamics involved in a handclap, with potential applications in bioacoustics and personal identification, whereby a handclap could be ...

You stand a long distance from a wall, clap, and listen for the echo. The distance travelled is twice the distance from you to the wall (because the sound has to travel to the wall and back).