Re: OT: Implosion

On Apr 18, 5:50 pm, richard <i.do....@xxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:12:34 -0600, "Zeke" <fr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Implosion is a process in which objects are destroyed by collapsing in on
themselves. The opposite of explosion, implosion concentrates matter and
energy. An example of implosion is a submarine being crushed from the
outside by the hydrostatic pressure of the surrounding water.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implosion_%28mechanical_process%29

How does this work with truck tires?

Same way. Sink a tire, on a rim filled with air, into the ocean to
about 3,000 feet and boom! No more tire.

I guess you'd duct tape the valve stem into the rim...?

Gee. It only took you how long to learn the difference?

Nobody is confused about your "difference".

Since my tire had blown on the inside surface of it, that qualifies as
an "implosion". As there was no phyiscal evidence of an "explosion".

Lol. How did the air get out...?

A lack of evidence of an explosion can not lead to a rational
conclusion that an implosion occurred, especially considering that an
implosion of a tire is physically (as in "physics") impossible.

Assuming atmospheric pressure at the time was ±15 psi, and the tire
pressure exceeded that, an implosion simply could not occur.

Even if physics allowed a tire to implode, either the valve stem or
bead seal would fail before it could occur.

Since I think it's safe to assume your tire was not subject to great
hydrostatic pressure it would require a vacuum of somewhere in the
vicinity of -200lbs (maybe more) to be created inside the tire thus
creating the flattest fucking tire anyone has ever seen, long before
it could implode.

And, of course, a seal would fail first, before the structure of the
tire itself, because they are not constructed to resist negative
pressure.

This is no way affects the fact that the evidence of an implosion or
explosion would be so similar as to be impossible to differentiate,
especially by an obvious and confirmed moron.

I guess I should note (not that it will be of any benefit to you) that
"implosion" as it applies to controlled building demolition is a
"figure of speech" used to describe the building falling more or less
into its own footprint. This is achieved with "explosives"; the
building does not, in any fashion, actually "implode".
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- gpsman
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