Nuclear weapon design

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English: Nuclear weapon design concerns the internal components of a nuclear weapon which are responsible for their explosive output. Because actual nuclear weapon designs are military secrets, most drawings are somewhat speculative.

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[edit] Design basics

  • Fission bomb assembly methods

  • Gun-type bomb

  • Gun-type bomb (corrected)

  • Implosion-type bomb

  • Concept of the critical mass

[edit] Gun-type bombs

[edit] Implosion-type bombs

  • Implosion-type bomb

  • Fat Man diagram (with labels)

  • Gadget cross-section

  • Fat Man diagram

  • Fat Man detonation sequence

  • Model of the first nuclear bomb (Gadget)

  • Implosion weapon cross-section

  • Implosion design — outside plating and detonators

  • Implosion design — explosive lenses

  • Implosion design — pusher exposed

  • Implosion design — tamper exposed

  • Implosion design — core exposed

  • Implosion design — neutron initiator exposed

  • Implosion weapon cross-section showing focusing of shock waves

  • Animations version of the above

  • Exploding-bridgewire detonator patent drawing

  • X-Ray images of shock wave propagation through the explosive lenses

[edit] Hydrogen bomb/Teller-Ulam design

  • Basics of the Teller-Ulam design, in 3D

  • Teller-Ulam design cross-section

  • Teller-Ulam design cross-section (English labels)

  • Teller-Ulam firing sequence (English labels)

  • Teller-Ulam firing sequence (alternate) (numeric labels)

  • Advanced Teller-Ulam design (W88 warhead)

[edit] Photographs of warheads with some design information

  • B61 bomb components

  • B61 in disassembly

  • B83 bomb components (color)

  • B83 bomb components (b&w)

  • Medium Atomic Demolition Munition (with W54 warhead)

  • Model of the first nuclear bomb (Gadget)

  • Exterior photograph of Trinity test device (Gadget)

  • Exterior photograph of Trinity test device (Gadget)

  • Modern high-explosive lenses

  • Exploding-bridgewire detonators

[edit] Weapons-grade fissile materials

  • A billet of highly-enriched uranium

  • A ring with enough weapons-grade plutonium for a modern bomb

  • A "button" of plutonium

[edit] Historical documents

  • Cover page of the Nth Country experiment

  • Assembly methods discussed in the Los Alamos Primer

  • Bomb diagram drawn by David Greenglass for the Rosenberg trial

  • Los Alamos Primer as a PDF

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