The Science of Implosion | MythBusters

Adam Savage explains the scientific process of implosion as he tests the principles with which the MythBusters will attempt to implode an entire tanker car!

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[FiendTheatre]

anyone else here because of the titanic submersible incident?

[cmore]

My mind is incapable of fathoming how quick that sub was crushed.

It’s eerie to think about. They may’ve heard it creek and before their minds could calculate danger, it was over.

[tsepheletseka]

I miss Mythbusters. That was such an awesome show.

[rspen]

I have learned more about implosions in the last few days than I ever wanted to learn in my whole life!

[noblesix]

Damn, , , , thought I was the only one who didn’t know how implosion works.

RIP submarine explorers.

[Morbidhouse]

Just so everyone understands the oceangate implosion had nothing to do with heating or cooling air temperatures, it had to do with trillions of gallons of water crushing down on its carbon fiber hull

[hundragant]

That would actually be a neat stage trick to make the audience wonder how you "crushed the can with your mind".
No one would expect the can was previously heated

[Soundtracks]

That YouTube algorithm has a dark sense of humor

[wgmneko]

Pressure difference is scary, the destructive power on the atmosphere level alone is incredible. Imagine how tremendous it is deep down on sea bed.

[texan]

This is not exactly how the Titan sub was destroyed. When intact, the hull was acting as a protective shell and holding the weight of the column of water above it. When it failed, it was like putting an egg in a hydraulic press. The weight of the water instantly applied all of that pressure and crushed the passenger compartment to tiny bits. There was never a gradual pressure drop inside the cabin. One second it was holding the weight of the water and the next second it did not exist any longer.

[atticusbrown]

Suspicious that this is trending again at such an hour.

[philpersonal]

I went scuba diving once, about 3 metres deep. The pressure on my ears was incredible. That is all.

[gulver]

Going to miss this show when it's gone. Adam and Jamie made science fun for me.

[earljohnson]

Adam reminds me of my 8 th grade science teacher . I was a ADHD kid I couldn’t sit there and was failing some classes bla bla . This guy was awesome and I aced his class and won a science award for a 95.5 average for the year . The best part I slipped school that day so never got a chance to show off the award in front of my class mates . Then I hit high school and had a horrible science teacher and barley passed

[PrinceAli-]

There's no way this was just a random recommendation 😂

[chuckchizzle]

The sudden surge of views on this 7 year old (now 2023) video must be NUTS.
Condolence to the individuals and families impacted by the sub disaster.

[delphini]

Implosion defined before i could even blink and i understood it, thats good teaching.

[kwitseo]

This came to my feed while looking into the submarine implosion.

[tentayeprimo]

YouTube recommendations has an interesting sense of humor

[jimothycones]

This is what happens when you burp and fart at the same time