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Awesome science: Prince Rupert's Drop in super high speed

us Offline Lynn LeFey

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Here's a video of a prince Rupert's Drop in super high speed.

Bonus: A brief sighting of a Leatherman in a graphic at 4:50.



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Re: Awesome science: Prince Rupert's Drop in super high speed
Reply #1 on: April 06, 2013, 09:26:52 PM
That was interesting....thanks for sharing.  :tu:
A little Leatherman information.

Leatherman series articles


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Re: Awesome science: Prince Rupert's Drop in super high speed
Reply #2 on: April 09, 2013, 11:06:29 AM
pretty neat.
The difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer.


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Re: Awesome science: Prince Rupert's Drop in super high speed
Reply #3 on: April 10, 2013, 04:45:35 PM
The numbers they run at the end show that the destruction wave is moving at mach 5. Awesome!

It's also insane that there is now tech that can record events moving at that speed over such small distances.


 

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