Replies to post #72785 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[brainlessone]

i think this might help in understanding tires.
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/DTRS/1995/PDF/H-2045.pdf

and this for pressures:

they are at 350 psi

http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/ltrs/PDF/1997/tp/NASA-97-tp3626.pdf

[hightecheast]

that tire was blown at the rim, thus my hypothesis of a small charge within a tire advanced here a few days back

Zeev, from the physics of the situation, is it possible that quickly accelerating, spiking and intensive heat build up in the wheel well area (from damaged and overheated tiles nearby) could cause the tire to swell and blow outward from the inside?

I do not find it at all credible that an explosive charge inside the rim of the wheel caused this ... pretty far out on the probability scale to me.

Ken