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The numbers don't quite tell the whole story here. 100kg of TNT would direct its energy in a roughly spherical shockwave, like a point light source. The 480MJ
by regularfry 14y ago
The numbers don't quite tell the whole story here. 100kg of TNT would direct its energy in a roughly spherical shockwave, like a point light source. The 480MJ per storey is directed straight down, like a laser.
- marcamillion 14y agoSo what's the implication?
- regularfry 14y agoThat the effect of the building's mass is much greater than the TNT-equivalent would apply, in the same way that while a 10 Watt bulb is barely bright enough to read by, a 10 Watt laser will set your book on fire.