{"id":142,"date":"2007-01-25T09:28:15","date_gmt":"2007-01-25T09:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.com\/wp\/?p=142"},"modified":"2007-01-25T16:10:45","modified_gmt":"2007-01-25T16:10:45","slug":"experimenting-with-high-explosive-fuel-explosions-for-movies-and-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"Experimenting with High Explosive Fuel Explosions for Movies and Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><strong>Stephen Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>ABSTRACT:<\/strong> A number of &lsquo;brute force&rsquo; techniques used within the special effects industry utilise high explosives to create the classic &lsquo;Hollywood&rsquo; style fuel explosion seen in many a movie and television programme. Limited experiments have shown that application of techniques similar to those used in shaped charge anti-tank weapons (the Munroe effect) can produce higher and larger fuel explosion effects, while using less fuel and explosive material, thereby creating a more controlled effect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> high explosive, fuel explosion,&nbsp;special effects, directional shaped charge, Munroe effect, compression tub<font face=\"TimesNewRoman\">e<\/font><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Ref:<\/strong> JPyro, Issue 19, 2004, pp14-18<br \/> (J19_14)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Miller ABSTRACT: A number of &lsquo;brute force&rsquo; techniques used within the special effects industry utilise high explosives to create the classic &lsquo;Hollywood&rsquo; style fuel explosion seen in many a movie and television programme. Limited experiments have shown that application of techniques similar to those used in shaped charge anti-tank weapons (the Munroe effect) can &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=142\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Experimenting with High Explosive Fuel Explosions for Movies and Television<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}