Sentence examples for use of high explosives from inspiring English sources
* Use of high explosives.
The invention of the blasting cap inaugurated the modern use of high explosives.
Alfred Nobel is best known for his invention of dynamite and an explosive device called a blasting cap, which inaugurated the modern use of high explosives.
Mr. Aid said he had been dismayed to see "scary" documents in open files at the National Archives, including detailed instructions on the use of high explosives.
After reviewing Neddermeyer's studies, and discussing the matter with Edward Teller, von Neumann suggested the use of high explosives in shaped charges to implode a sphere, which he showed could not only result in a faster assembly of fissile material than was possible with the gun method, but which could greatly reduce the amount of material required, because of the resulting higher density.
The first large-scale evidence of military-related mTBI occurred in World War I (1914 1918) in association with the frequent use of high explosives in trench warfare.
There are aspects of the known work, such as the use of high explosive to implode a hemispherical shell of heavy metal, which can only be for lightweight nuclear projectiles.
But the use of high explosive in WWI gave it a new dimension.
After reviewing Neddermeyer's studies, and discussing the matter with Edward Teller, von Neumann suggested the use of high explosive in shaped charges to implode a sphere, which he showed could not only result in a faster assembly of fissile material than was possible with the gun method, but which could greatly reduce the amount of material required.
The system perfected by him did not change until the second half of the 19th century, when breech-loading artillery and the use of high-explosive shells called for drastic alterations in the design and construction of defenses.
Three huge explosions — 100 pounds of high explosives were used in each of the last two, which could be felt over a mile away — reduced the hill to dust and dirt.
