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Again, a collection of numbers conveying little information able to allow a subjective understanding of the forces involved. C'mon Angelo, you can be more helpful than that.
As said, the only physical quantity relevant for evaluating an explosion/implosion is the energy released, which I estimated at the best of my (limited) knowledge.
If you can provide a better estimate of this quantity, please post your data.
Computing the total force on the vessel is meaningless, as the force is distributed on a convex shape, hence its resultant is null.
 
But as a naturalized US citizen, I did laugh when I first heard that "inches, feet and pounds are measurements only used in countries that have put people on the moon...."
I don't think engineers in the US use inches and feet.

It's also interesting to see the number of things designed from scratch in metric units that have a dimension of, say for instance, 25.4mm, or something similarly related to base imperial units.
Sometimes you use what's there instead of making new stuff. DIN is German but the thread is imperial.
 
It's always one of my favourite pleasures to trigger a discussion between Metrics and Imperials... It's a safe bet :yeahbaby:
BTW: i would guess the Apollo Programme has been designed in metrics...
 
I don't think engineers in the US use inches and feet.
And who says the Germans don't have a sense of humor?
 
And who says the Germans don't have a sense of humor?
I know Mericans use the term 'engineer' very loosely. An engineer to me is somebody who designs sophisticated mechanical or electrical components. Why would any scienctiest or engineer use an inferior system that nobody uses?
Other than defence products, what's still made or designed in the US these days anyway?
 
I don't think engineers in the US use inches and feet.


Sometimes you use what's there instead of making new stuff. DIN is German but the thread is imperial.
Not exactly. DIN thread is 5/8 - 14 BSP (British Standard Pipe). That is different from imperial threads used in US.
It is a relic of the past, but DIN standardised it because that thread was common here in Europe.
 
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