Detailed calculation of how to determine the blast energy of an explosion from photographs. This is the second part of the presentation of the work of G.I. Taylor to model the first nuclear explosion using dimensional analysis.
G.I. Taylor's paper I https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.1950.0049
G.I. Taylor's paper II https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.1950.0050
J.E. Mack’s report https://dp.la/item/a13166728fbbfe61a7d35030187cbe33
Trinity test code and data https://github.com/jsdiazpo/Saving-the-Enola-Gay
Beirut explosion paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.05674
Brightness of the Trinity Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzfQY5FmURM&t=6s
Series on Nuclear Weapons Physics https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_UV-wQj1lvUhNttvv4_KsYrQxHygj3Ey
Credits:
Shot Dog, Operation Tumbler–Snapper footage, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Trinity test photographs and footage, Los Alamos National Laboratory
J.E. Mack Los Alamos badge photo, Los Alamos National Laboratory
J.E. Mack’s report, Digital Public Library of America
100-ton TNT test photographs, Los Alamos National Laboratory
WWII bomb designs, bomb drop announcement, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Truman’s speech footage, U.S. National Archives https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23630
Truman’s speech transcript, Harry Truman Library https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/93/statement-president-announcing-use-bomb-hiroshima
Beirut explosion photographs and footage, courtesy of Newsflare Ltd.