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Nuking the Fridge

Jacob Stevens

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Introduction

Could Indiana Jones have survived the blast from a nuclear explosion while hiding inside a refrigerator?

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

If not, what would happen to Indiana Jones?

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Values

  • Harrison Ford mass
  • Refrigerator mass
  • Nuclear Bomb yield
  • Soviet Vehicle used
  • Refrigerator acceleration and velocity
  • Momentum and Impulse

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How chunky is Harrison Ford compared to a fridge?

According to the magic google people, Harrison Ford is around 215 lbs in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

This converts to 97.5224 kgs.

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull takes place in 1957. We can look at modern takes on retro refrigerators to get an estimate for size.

We will use this one cus it looks right

This cold cube (rectangular prism apparently) has a mass of 128 lbs or 58.0598 kgs

Harry weighs 1.68 refrigerators resulting in a system mass of 155.5882 kgs.

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Did you know?

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Nuclear Weapon Yield

  • Operation Plumbbob
  • Nuclear Yield
  • Average Yield within the kiloton range
  • Average: 16.338 kt

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Indy and The Fridge

  • Soviet Vehicle is a 1950 Ford Deluxe 4 Door Sedan
    • Top Speed: 85 mph = 37.998 m/s
    • Wheel Base Length: 4.994 m
  • Indy and the fridge fly over in 1.2425 seconds

Velocity: 42.0173 m/s

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Distance from the boom?

  • Pressure = Force / Area
    • Force is calculated already and the area of the fridge can be found from the reference.
    • 3499307.031 Pa or 507.31 psi
  • Static Overpressure chart
    • 0.2-0.6 km at 1-20kt
    • 0.5229 km = 522.91 m

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Momentum & Impulse

Same thing different shape

  • Momentum = mass x velocity
    • 155.5822 x 42.0173 = 6537.14397206 kgm/s
  • Impulse = force x time
    • Nuclear wind speeds of 300 m/s and the width of the fridge is 23.75” = 0.60325 m
    • Back to our favorite triangle
      • 0.60325/300 = 0.00201083333 s or 2 milliseconds.
  • 6537.14397206/0.00201083333 = 3250962.611 N

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But what does it mean?

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COCONUTS

A full sized coconut weighs 1.4 kg or 13.72 N. The amount of force from the bomb on the refrigerator and Indiana Jones is the same as having 236,950.63 coconuts on top of you.

X 236,950.63

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Would he live?

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no

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Causes of Death

  • Unbelievably violent acceleration
    • Given F = ma then his acceleration is 20895.46626 m/s/s or the same as 2132.19 g’s
  • Drowning in Lead
    • Temperatures exceed 780° C and Lead melts at 328° C
  • Suffocation
    • Large amounts of heat and fire use the oxygen in the air and create a low pressure zone leaving Indy with nothing to breathe.

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