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Uploaded by on Mar 5, 2009

This is a little dull at the beginning, but wait for it.... I am working on a slow motion version. Explosion occurs at 190000 psi. That is about 100 Mpa.

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  • Two things may contribute to that in this video. The main reason is that the plastic molds used to make the cylinders leave a nice smooth surface on the concrete when the mold is removed. Also, you may be seeing a bit of glare from the protective goggles right in front of the camera. Most is from the mold though.

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  • i blinked....

  • The load was most likely 190,000 lb....NOT 190,000psi.

    on a 6x12 cylinder, that loading would translated approximately to 6,700psi, which is still pretty strong.

    190,000lb = 845120N

    You would get about 46,353,100 N/m² = 46MPa

  • @muchadoaboutnoting thanks! i saw that error too

  • That didn't quite sound correct so I confirmed: 190,000 psi is 1310 MPa, not about 100.

    onlineconversion

  • I see you've got a perfect cone left shaped by shear stresses :) The strongest concrete I tested was C55/60 and it behaved way differently - it just crumbled with no sound :)

  • repeatedly press 9 to see the explosion again and again

  • Thats the kind of explosion on a 100 MPa ... Im in civil ingeneer and we are doing test to get the highest MPa ... right now were at 45 MPa ... its splinting pretty hard ! that one is totally crazy !

  • that was a really nice cone

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