19 Nov
2001
19 Nov
'01
6:06 p.m.
On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 02:11 PM, mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
1) I thought spherical shells were the usual geometry?
Define "usual"? And explain why that matters. We are discussing low-yield, non-optimized, basement nukes. Little Boy was a gun device, firing a wedge (of some fraction...) into the other piece (sphere minus wedge, other half, whatever). I hate spending cycles on nuke design. See many books--Smythe Report, Ted Taylor's articles, The Progressive, etc.--on issues. The Little Boy design was publicized in the 40s. --Tim May, Citizen-unit of of the once free United States " The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. "--Thomas Jefferson, 1787