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jimmy101

Posted: 05/09/2008 12:41 PM Post subject: Cool photos of shockwaves, explosions etc.

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Came across a great American Scientist reprint, "High-speed Imaging of Shock Waves, Explosions and Gunshots". Sounds like fun Very Happy

http://www.mne.psu.edu/psgdl/SettlesAmScientist_2006.pdf

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Posted: 05/09/2008 16:19 PM Post subject:

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Wow! Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Wonder how long before someone edits one of the pics to show a spud? Laughing

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Posted: 05/09/2008 17:04 PM Post subject:

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cool
I like the banana picture Very Happy

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Posted: 05/09/2008 17:21 PM Post subject:

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Yeah, the banana thing is very cool. Also the revolver picture. It hadn't occurred to me that there is not a complete seal against the barrel, I guess that is kind of obvious though. Here's a cool video for those of you who like to see fruit destroyed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjEHki7HTe0

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Posted: 05/09/2008 19:24 PM Post subject:

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Could someone post the picture acrobat reader won't work for me it says there is bad cmap encoding text or somthing like that.

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Posted: 05/09/2008 19:48 PM Post subject:

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kablooie wrote:

this video is awesome, i wanna see a spud decimate a watermelon!

MrCrowley

Posted: 05/09/2008 21:28 PM Post subject:

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These are most of the images if you can't view the PDF, i'm too lazy to add the captions.

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Posted: 05/09/2008 22:44 PM Post subject:

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Cool stuff.
I saw something on instructables for constructing a high speed camera similar to some of these using a camera flash in a dark room.

You can really see the way the projectile goes straight and the gasses/ shock wave tend to cone or balloon outwards.
Which is also a principal to keep in mind for sound suppressor design as well. Cool

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Posted: 05/09/2008 23:07 PM Post subject:

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That looks cool. Ever seen images of the WWII era "swimming pool makers" (5" guns) going off? I'll see if I can find some. There are also some good images of shockwave condensation effect from the Vietnam era.

EDIT: Not exactly from Vietnam but same effect.

And here's those swimming pool makers I told you about...

clide

Posted: 05/10/2008 0:27 AM Post subject:

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Cool photos. The explosion ones remind me of a talk I went to at my school from Sandia National Labs. They had a video that they made to test a 1,000,000 frames per second camera. It was a small high explosive charge in a cubical plastic container filled with water. It was cool because you could see the shock wave go out and bounce off the wall of the plastic.

Edit: The article is really cool too.
Here is an html version for those who don't like PDFs
http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/48547?fu lltext=true&print=yes

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