Any h-bomb experts here?

[montana_native]

I watched a cool documentary last night about the develoment of nuclear weapons called "Trinity and Beyond." There was some amazing footage captured during those tests.

One thing I would like to know is what are those vertical "streamers" that show up at the beginning of the blast near ground level that rise up into the atmosphere?
Thanks

 

[toddconley]

I can drop some F bombs but I have no info on H bombs.
thanks
T

 

[royinidaho]

If you happen to know any of the bomb people at Los Alamos National Lab or ask someone at the Bradbury Museum in Los Alamos I bet you'd get an answer.

 

[Slopeshunter]

I've got a copy of that documentary. Real interesting, sorry though, don't have an answer for your question.

 

[justgoto]

what are those vertical "streamers"

The smoke trails are there to see how the surrounding air reacts to the explosion.

 

[jerrschmitt]

The smoke trails are from telemetry rockets that are fired just prior to detonation. I'm not an expert but I worked in the program from 1958 to 1980.

 

[silvertip-co]

My dad's cousin worked at LosAlamos forever and wrote bomb papers that I have read online. He's old and retired now. I'll ask him when I talk to him. But he may not tell me.

 

[blipelt]

This is not my field of explosives but I can make a guess for you. With the blended product we use, when the product goes off and achieves steady state velocity it will be around 6000degrees and a velocity far greater(I can't remember the exact number I think about 3Xfaster). I am assuming it is fragments of the devices or something around it going into the air. Did they mention if the device was contained? What I deal with are snap caps compared to this stuff though.




Brent