The Formation of a Blast Wave by a Very Intense Explosion. I. Theoretical Discussion; II. The Atomic Explosion of 1945¶
Taylor, G. I. (1950). The Formation of a Blast Wave by a Very Intense Explosion. I. Theoretical Discussion; II. The Atomic Explosion of 1945. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 201(1065), 159-186.
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- Dimensional Analysis
- Dimensional arguments shaped the early estimates of atomic-bomb yield: Taylor
This sourceDerives the self-similar blast-wave law r(t) proportional to t^(2/5) from the dimensions of energy, ambient density and time, and uses declassified Trinity photographs to estimate the bomb yield (~17 kt); directly supports the body claim. RE-SOURCED: the prior reference entry cited Taylor's 'The Instability of Liquid Surfaces when Accelerated...' (Rayleigh-Taylor instability), which is a different 1950 paper that does NOT support the blast-wave/atomic-yield claim.
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Part I's abstract gives the blast-wave radius law in energy, ambient density and time — the dimensional scaling — but it is silent on the Trinity photographs and the yield estimate, which the cited title places in Part II.
“It is found that a spherical shock wave is propagated outwards whose radius R is related to the time t since the explosion started by the equation R = S(γ)ttEtρ0-t, where ρo is the atmospheric density, E is the energy released and S(γ) a calculated function of of γ, the ratio of the specific heats of air.”
- Dimensional arguments shaped the early estimates of atomic-bomb yield: Taylor
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