Physics inside a hand grenade
by Viral Ivory: Education
Never thought about the physics inside a hand grenade before
Transcript (en)
Do you know what happens inside a grenade when the safety is released? The lever frees a spring-loaded striker, which directly hits the primer. This triggers a delay element inside the fuse. Once the delay is over, the main charge detonates, shattering the outer casing and sending fragments outward at...
