Maximum intensity is directly beneath the aircraft, and decreases as the lateral distance from the flight path increases until it ceases to exist because the shock waves refract away from the ground.

It has been observed in rabbits that hypotension caused by haemorrhagic orendotoxic shock could be reversed by injecting naloxone, phentolamine or cinanserineinto the lateral cerebroventricle.

As Macpherson suspension shock absorber to withstand the lateral force is inevitable, the performance of shock absorber commonly depends on the size of lateral force.