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DirectTo
12-30-16, 21:35
Very cool video from an interesting channel in general. Destin does some great and unique experiments.



https://youtu.be/24q80ReMyq0



It won't let me embed two videos, but if you need a little background on the mechanism behind why this behaves the way it does, check out his earlier video:

https://youtu.be/xe-f4gokRBs



Or this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert%27s_Drop


The very high residual stress within the drop gives rise to counter-intuitive properties, such as the ability to withstand a blow from a hammer on the bulbous end without breaking, but experiencing explosive disintegration if the tail end is even slightly damaged.
SteyrAUG
12-31-16, 00:22
That was actually pretty amazing. And now I know what a Prince Rupert drop is.
Honu
12-31-16, 00:47
that was cool very much worth watching !!!!

ditto about the drop :) the new thing I learned today :)
C-grunt
12-31-16, 03:32
That is really cool. I love his channel.

The backwards bike is still one of the best videos he has done in my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0
Eurodriver
12-31-16, 06:14
That is really cool. I love his channel.

The backwards bike is still one of the best videos he has done in my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0

That was a great video.

Does anyone else get a "TwangNBang" vibe from that guy?
donlapalma
12-31-16, 09:04
Excellent stuff. He's got another subscriber here. Thanks for posting.

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FromMyColdDeadHand
12-31-16, 09:55
I'm going to put together a bullet proof vest that looks like a chandelier to protect me from 22lr assassins.
Clint
12-31-16, 12:10
Very cool.

Especially interesting was the shock wave traveled through the glass roughly twice as fast as the .22 LR impacted it.
Koshinn
12-31-16, 14:39
He should have upgraded from .22 to .380 then 9mm then 45acp then 5.56 etc until he found one that would break it. Like how demo ranch does armor "tests".
Rayrevolver
12-31-16, 18:14
Fascinating!

Sounds like this was step 1 in figuring out how to produce tempered glass.

And now I know why I see the pattern on some car rear windshields with polarized shades. You are actually seeing the internal stress. Very cool nerd moment.
Eurodriver
01-01-17, 07:55
He should have upgraded from .22 to .380 then 9mm then 45acp then 5.56 etc until he found one that would break it. Like how demo ranch does armor "tests".

If you look at his "gun", You'll see he is really not that into caliber selection.
Benito
01-01-17, 22:41
Interesting vid. I had never even heard of a Prince Rupert's Drop before. At first it sounded like some type of bowel movement.
I want to see how it holds up to a .50 BMG.
Ryno12
01-01-17, 23:09
Up next...

22LR vs Prince Albert's hoop
FromMyColdDeadHand
01-01-17, 23:32
Isn't this type of tension what is already used in Correlle and ceramic body armour?
SteyrAUG
01-02-17, 02:10
Up next...

22LR vs Prince Albert's hoop

Was wondering how long that was going to take.
JC5188
01-02-17, 07:41
Up next...

22LR vs Prince Albert's hoop

Aaaaaaand I looked it up. Shit.

On topic...

Most interesting science thing I've seen in a long time.


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