How did the Enola Gay, the airplane that dropped the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, survive the strong shockwave from the nuclear explosion? The answer is a clever maneuver that can be derived using high-school physics and geometry. #some3
Erratum: @21:20 "1450 km" should be "1450 m"
Playlist Physics of Nuclear Weapons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_UV-wQj1lvUhNttvv4_KsYrQxHygj3Ey
Code available on GitHub https://github.com/jsdiazpo/Saving-the-Enola-Gay
Affiliate links (may earn a commission):
- How to Fall Slower Than Gravity https://amzn.to/3SQA7Dt
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb https://amzn.to/49ti6kX
Credits:
- all footage is of public domain
- problem adapted and presentation extended from "How to Fall Slower Than Gravity" by Paul Nahin
00:00 Introduction
01:10 dangerous mission
02:58 nuclear shockwave
05:43 the naive path
09:04 saving the Enola Gay
21:35 final solution
24:15 Hiroshima