Popping A Water Balloon

• the robot child
  April 17th, 2008 at 11:51 pm

  that’s pretty neat looking.

  it would be japanese!

• Thespian24601
  April 18th, 2008 at 1:39 am

  Look up some other slow motion stuff Ali, there’s a guy that does this for art.

• Thespian24601
  April 18th, 2008 at 1:50 am

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=MX6aerxQPOs
  That’s one that I love (better water balloon)

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=XngQJzAmVm8
  A water balloon NOT exploding in high speed

  Or check out LucidMovement.com

• Ali S.
  April 18th, 2008 at 6:40 am

  @ Thespian24601

  Thanks for the info!

• SoLo
  April 18th, 2008 at 9:56 am

  “no matter how hard you try to track the balloon’s skin retract it’s just too darn fast!”

  Know as “instantaneous tear propagation”. The same thing can happen to large inflated structures, too… like blimps. A blimp went down in NYC in the early 90’s* because it’s envelope was punctured– the puncture occurred at the front– and then almost instantly, a 40 foot rip opened up, causing rapid deflation. Oops.

  * http://www.ntsb.gov/Recs/letters/1994/A94_157_160.pdf

• Ali S.
  April 18th, 2008 at 10:56 am

  @ SoLo

  So that’s what it’s called! I’ve always wondered what it was called.

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