force of 20K tons of TNT. A conventional bomb would have destroyed only the wooden structures within a 40 meters radius‚ but the atomic bomb that smashed Hiroshima was able to affect everything within a radius of 2 kilometers of the point of explosion. Altogether an area of 13 square kilometers was reduced to ashes and 80% of the 76‚000 buildings in the city were burned down. 60‚000 buildings over 90‚000 were completely demolish‚ leaving about 140‚000 citizens homeless‚ causing‚ in some cases
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College of Engineering and Technology‚ Belgaum‚ India. Email: ittisv@gmail.com 1‚ shishir.kadam@gmail.com 2 Abstract Process plants in the petrochemical industries handle hydrocarbons and other fuels which may produce accidental explosion. Plants are designed to minimize the occurrence of such incidents. In today’s scenario the focus is on structural aspects of design or evaluation of buildings for blast resistance‚ establishing the design blast loads from overpressure‚ setting the
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(Compiled by Nagasaki Municipality | Destruction of Buildings and Houses | Number | Percentage | Total in Nagasaki (before atomic explosion) | 50‚000 | 100.0 | Blasted (not burned) | 2‚652 | 5.3 | Blasted and burned | 11‚494 | 23.0 | Blasted and/or burned | 14‚146 | 28.3 | Partially burned or blasted | 5‚441 | 10.9 | Total buildings and houses destroyed | 19‚587 | 39.2 | Undamaged | 30‚413 | 60.8 | TABLE A Estimates of Casualties | Hiroshima | Nagasaki | Pre-raid
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main characters of the book: Miss Toshinki Sasaki‚ Dr. Masakazu Fuji‚ Mrs. Hatuyo Nakamura‚ Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge‚ Dr. Terufumi Sasaki‚ and the Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto‚ and describes the activities they were engaged in minutes before the explosion. None of the six characters were prepared for an attack as extreme as an atomic bomb. When the bomb strikes‚ which was sometimes as close as three quarters of a mile away‚ the six main characters have to witness horrible things. For example‚ Mrs
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fear is found among all soldiers. Through the use of similes‚ Hemingway describes soldiers’ initial reactions to uncertain events while in war. For example‚ Hemingway writes‚ “There was a cough‚ a noise like a railway engine starting and then an explosion that shook the earth again‚” (54). By comparing the blast to an engine‚ Hemingway describes how unexpected it was. The sound of a railway engine can be frightening if it is not
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Origin and spelling of the name The earliest mention of the island in the Western world was on a map by Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer‚ who labelled the island "Pulo Carcata." ("Pulo" is a form of pulau‚ the Indonesian word for "island".) There are two generally accepted spellings‚ Krakatoa and Krakatau. While Krakatoa is more common in the English-speaking world‚ Krakatau (or Krakatao in an older Portuguese based spelling) tends to be favored by Indonesians. The origin of the spelling Krakatoa is unclear
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The subject matter such as what they are wearing‚ explosions‚ and violence as a whole. V can be seen as both a hero or villain‚ it’s determined by whatever side the reader is on‚ if you are from the government of course he would be seen as a villain‚ but if you share some of his beliefs or have been hurt
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about how the entire universe was created. According to this theory‚ creation started from the explosion of a fireball. The Big Bang theory claims that the creation or genesis happened in just a second. In just a blink of an eye the creation started from the gigantic explosion of the fireball. Scientists claim that this fireball is smaller than the atom and trillion times hotter than the sun. From the explosion of the fireball‚ the universe was created. According to the scientists‚ after one millionth
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Hannah Joseph Business Communication 275 October 25‚ 2011 Week 4: Persuasive Communication Internal Release Attention: Employees On August 5‚ 2010 33 of our employees working in our San Jose Mine copper operation were trapped in a mine explosion. We have deployed crews who are working diligently to rescue these employees. Details relating to this mine collapse are limited and will be released as we find out more detail. Presently‚ there are counselors available for all who need. We ask that
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animals would have looked like if they were still around.Stephen Meyers references details of the Cambrian explosion in the book Darwin’s Doubt. Meyers says it’s one of the most incredible scientific discovery to help discover different species intelligent form and how organisms have changed over the years. “Agassiz concluded that the fossil record‚particularly the record of the explosion of Cambrian animal life‚ posed an insuperable difficulty for Darwin’s theory‚”-Stephen C. Meyer . Scient believe
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