New instrument improves studies of explosions, helps control hot spots
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 10:11
in Astronomy & Space
Testing explosions is epic science. The most detailed studies of explosive charges have been conducted at national laboratories using a gun as big as a room to fire a flat bullet—the flyer plate, typically 100 millimeters in diameter—into an explosive charge inside a thick-walled chamber that contains the fierce blast. The tests require enormous facilities.
