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Blast — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
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    The load that is over before it has moved

    A blast delivers an enormous pressure for a few milliseconds. Everything else in this field asks what force a structure can carry; a load that has come and gone before the structure has travelled any distance is not asking that question, and the answer turns out to depend on the mass and the ductility with the strength barely in it.

    rung 1 · dynamics

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