Virtual Bhurkas ( was : Re: Nuclear Pipe Bombs )

[Tim May]

On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 02:11 PM, mmotyka at lsil.com wrote:

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> 1) I thought spherical shells were the usual geometry?
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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.



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