Looking at some pictures of atomic explosions, it seems that there is never any wind blowing. Do the authorities wait for a calm day or does the bomb create it's own weather pattern? Or does it take place so quickly that ther is no time for wind effect?
2007-04-01 03:29:59 · 9 answers · asked by bo nidle 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
You're heating a fairly large area to several million degrees farenheit. This superheating of the air creates its own wind, in the form of a shockwave, that radiates out. Even on smaller nuclear explosions the shockwave travels at hundreds of miles per hour. So when this shockwave traveling at say, 400 mph, meets wind coming at it at 40 mph, who wins?
so its that and the combination of all this happening in a very quick period of time, it is an explosion after all.
I suggest watching Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie.
It has tons of footage of explosions, and will probably answer alot of your questions.
2007-04-01 03:45:36 · answer #1 · answered by Beach_Bum 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The wind that the bonb creates is so strong that the others are not noticable.
However, they do not explode atomic bombs when there is a wind storm or other bad weather going through. This might pull off wires, have radiation go in the wrong direction, etc.
Check out the web site below. Ask yourself is any wind in the natural world can do this.
2007-04-01 04:03:00 · answer #2 · answered by eric l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The shock wave of explosion will went to all direction in different speed,but in the air the travelling speed of the shock wave is faster than in the ground,that cause any material in the sky pushed-out more fast than in the ground, make the damage to a city by it's explosion wind more devastating than the explosion quake.
2007-04-01 04:20:20 · answer #3 · answered by isoggi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they very definately do wait for a very calm day to detonate them. Yes the explosian does create its own wind paterns around it. Remember all but two bombs have been exploded under very strict conditions. there are very few pictures of the two that were not done under controled conditions.
2007-04-01 03:58:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The shockwave that radiates out from the explosion is so powerful that it dissapates any nearby weather. This is why all mushroom clouds look the same.
2007-04-01 03:36:55 · answer #5 · answered by ChristianH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
takes place quickly....over time the mushroom cloud dissipates, but who wants to sit around and watch that...the exciting bit is the first 30 seconds
2007-04-01 03:35:06 · answer #6 · answered by Justin H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the twits who let these big bangers off don't want any nasty fallout blowing over anyone, so they pick calm days methinks.
2007-04-01 08:04:28 · answer #7 · answered by Birdman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im guessing here but my guess is that there is such incredible heat and force produced that it completely overpowers any ambient weather.
2007-04-01 03:36:33 · answer #8 · answered by Richard S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi I hope this doesn't start another hoax theory! Both of your assumptions are correct.
2007-04-01 03:42:12 · answer #9 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋