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Effect on buildings and people within 1 (6.9; 0.069) Window glass shatters; Light injuries from fragments occur; 2 (14; 0.14) Moderate damage to houses (windows and doors blown out and severe damage to roofs) People injured by flying glass and debris; 3 (21; 0.21) Residential structures collapse; Serious injuries are common, fatalities may occur
A blast injury is a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion. [1] Blast injuries occur with the detonation of high-order explosives as well as the deflagration of low order explosives. These injuries are compounded when the explosion occurs in a confined space.
Nukemap (stylised in all caps) is an interactive map using Mapbox [1] API and declassified nuclear weapons effects data, created by Alex Wellerstein, a historian of science at the Stevens Institute of Technology who studies the history of nuclear weapons.
In the initial microseconds after the explosion, a fireball is formed around the bomb by the massive numbers of thermal x-rays released by the explosion process. These x-rays cannot travel very far in standard atmosphere before reacting with molecules in the air , so the result is a fireball that rapidly forms within about 10 metres (33 ft) in ...
The fatal explosion involved at most a few tonnes of explosive. A larger explosion of about 80 tonnes of ammonium nitrate emulsion, ANE, an emulsion of ammonium nitrate, fuel and water, UN 3375) was caused by fires under storage facilities at the site at 11:02 AM. There were no fatalities in the second explosion because the site had been evacuated.
A balloon filled with gaseous hydrogen exploding.. A gas explosion is the ignition of a mixture of air and flammable gas, typically from a gas leak. [1] In household accidents, the principal explosive gases are those used for heating or cooking purposes such as natural gas, methane, propane, butane.
Ecological impacts of explosives are the effects that both unexploded explosives and post-explosion by-products have on the environment. [1] Explosive derived contaminants may have adverse effects on the environmental as well as human health. In addition to their military use in warfare, explosives are also used in construction and demolition.
Measure blast effects, including outgoing shock and blast waves and various ground effects. Edwards AF Base Edwards AF Base 18 Aug 1960 Edwards Air Force Base, California United States 10,000 3 TNT Airburst/Tower 0 - 13.5 Increase the scope and reliability of the scaling factor for damage to military vehicles from sub-kiloton yields. Blowdown ...