Explosions! - SV650.org

embee · 02-02-11, 12:31 AM

Anyone watch this prog on the Beeb
Explosions: How we shook the World

Brilliant. If you like a good bang, give it a watch. The shaped charge stuff is superb.

02-02-11, 01:12 AM

have a night with me richie and yc
garenteed explosions

timwilky · 02-02-11, 07:53 AM

Childhood friend and former biking companion works for the MOD mixing up concoctions to go bang.

He used to enjoy raiding kitchens at parties to generate a bang.

tinpants · 02-02-11, 08:19 AM

Munro theory, deflagration, blah, blah blah.

Best homemade stuff is ANFO. Loads of bang for your buck. Thats why the boyos from "The Province" liked it.

keith_d · 02-02-11, 09:23 AM

Fun program, but he missed out on fuel-air explosions. They're pretty important since they propel cars and bikes around.

Demonstrating a fuel-air explosion on a small scale would be tricky, if only because you need a decent shock wave to trigger detonation instead of deflagration. Maybe a weather balloon full of ethylene oxide/air initiated by a hydrogen/oxygen explosion might hit the spot.

Keith.

02-02-11, 12:31 AM	#1
embee Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,804	Explosions! Anyone watch this prog on the Beeb Explosions: How we shook the World Brilliant. If you like a good bang, give it a watch. The shaped charge stuff is superb. __________________ "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"

02-02-11, 01:12 AM	#2
davepreston Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Explosions! have a night with me richie and yc garenteed explosions

02-02-11, 07:53 AM	#3
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Explosions! Childhood friend and former biking companion works for the MOD mixing up concoctions to go bang. He used to enjoy raiding kitchens at parties to generate a bang. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

02-02-11, 08:19 AM	#4
tinpants Ubique Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire Posts: 643	Re: Explosions! Munro theory, deflagration, blah, blah blah. Best homemade stuff is ANFO. Loads of bang for your buck. Thats why the boyos from "The Province" liked it. __________________ Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're a pillock

02-02-11, 09:23 AM	#5
keith_d Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ruislip Posts: 1,131	Re: Explosions! Fun program, but he missed out on fuel-air explosions. They're pretty important since they propel cars and bikes around. Demonstrating a fuel-air explosion on a small scale would be tricky, if only because you need a decent shock wave to trigger detonation instead of deflagration. Maybe a weather balloon full of ethylene oxide/air initiated by a hydrogen/oxygen explosion might hit the spot. Keith.