r/theydidthemath • u/Docwaboom • 10h ago

[Request] What’s the force of this explosion?

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u/kenhooligan2008 10h ago

Honestly it's extremely hard to tell without knowing the size or composition of the payload. If that was known, you could calculate the N.E.W. , convert it to scaled distance, then find peak overpressure , then convert that B.O.P. to force.