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Blowdown is an internationally broadcast documentary television series that follows a team of explosive demolition experts as they prepare and implode iconic, complex and challenging structures around the world.
The show was hosted by two demolition experts: Dr. Braden Lusk, an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Engineering, and Dr. Paul Worsey, professor and director of explosives engineering education at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Lusk and Worsey gave the viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the ...
Bridge demolition using explosives near Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands, 1920-1940. Fred Dibnah used a manual method of demolition to remove industrial chimneys in Great Britain. He cut an ingress at the base of the chimney—supporting the brickwork with wooden props—and then burning away the props so that the chimney fell, using no explosives ...
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AfE-Turm building demolition slow motion video Implosion of the Athlone Power Station cooling towers Blasting of a highway bridge in Aachen, Germany. In the controlled demolition industry, building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds, minimizing the physical damage to its immediate ...
A demolition vehicle is a vehicle used to demolish buildings and other structures. Military forces require such vehicles to clear obstacles, fortifications and rubble so that they can safely advance. Military engineers may use a variety of specialised vehicles including armoured bulldozers and explosive robotic drones.
Once the area is clear, a second explosive or shaped charge is placed on the device by explosive ordinance disposal (EOD or police bomb disposal) personnel, either manually or with a bomb disposal robot, and detonated remotely. The controlled explosion should also detonate or disable the suspected bomb.