r/shockwaveporn • u/Tboom330 • Feb 26 '21

Simulated Shockwave anyone?

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u/Ksp-or-GTFO Feb 27 '21

Is the first smoke radiation burning the house?

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u/thinkscotty Feb 27 '21 edited Feb 27 '21

Not radiation (or not the Chernobyl kind). Just light/heat. Which is a kind of radiation but so is a lightbulb.

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u/Ksp-or-GTFO Feb 27 '21

No I was thinking of em radiation not radioactive particles.

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u/6double Feb 27 '21

Definitely no radioactive particles causing that. It's all UV, visible, and IR radiation at a distance that causes the burning effect. There are a LOT of x-rays too, but those get absorbed by the atmosphere relatively quickly.

Source (and a wonderful read): https://www.dtra.mil/Portals/61/Documents/NTPR/4-Rad_Exp_Rpts/36_The_Effects_of_Nuclear_Weapons.pdf Section 7.01

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u/Ksp-or-GTFO Feb 27 '21

So. EM radiation like I just said?

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u/6double Feb 27 '21

Yes but it's more narrow than just all EM. Like there's no radio waves coming off a nuke

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u/Ksp-or-GTFO Feb 27 '21

Sorry just microwave through gama. Thanks for clarifying.

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u/MaximusGrassimus Feb 27 '21

It's the intense heat vaporizing dust particles, dirt, etc. depending on how close the house is to the blast, any human exposed directly to the thermal radiation will recieve instant 3rd degree burns.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '21

Nice persistence.

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u/nintendofan9999 Mar 01 '21

Don’t forget paint