The Manhattan Project by Bruce Cameron Reed

Author:Bruce Cameron Reed [Reed, Bruce Cameron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: nuclear weapons, Manhattan Project, retail, nonfiction, physics, nuclear physics
ISBN: 9781681746050
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Published: 2017-06-13T00:00:00+00:00

Figure 5.2. Cross-section drawing of Little Boy showing the major components. Not shown are radar units, clock box with pullout wires, barometric switches and tubing, batteries, and electrical wiring. Numbers in parentheses indicate the quantity of identical components. The drawing is to scale. Copyright by and used with kind permission of John Coster-Mullen.

(A) Front nose elastic locknut attached to 1 inch diameter Cd-plated draw bolt

(B) 15.125 inch diameter forged steel nose nut

(C) 28 inch diameter forged steel target case

(D) Impact-absorbing anvil with shim

(E) 13 inch diameter 3-piece WC tamper liner assembly with 6.5 inch bore

(F) 6.5 inch diameter WC tamper insert base

(G) 14 inch diameter K-46 steel WC tamper liner sleeve

(H) 4 inch diameter U-235 target insert discs (6)

(I) Yagi antenna assemblies (4)

(J) Target-case to gun-tube adapter with 4 vent slots and 6.5 inch hole

(K) Lift lug

(L) Safing/arming plugs (3)

(M) 6.5 inch bore gun

(N) 0.75 inch diameter armored tubes containing priming wiring (3)

(O) 27.25 inch diameter bulkhead plate

(P) Electrical plugs (3)

(Q) Barometric ports (8)

(R) 1 inch diameter rear alignment rods (3)

(S) 6.25 inch diameter U-235 projectile rings (9)

(T) Polonium-beryllium initiators (4)

(U) Tail tube forward plate

(V) Projectile WC filler plug

(W) Projectile steel back

(X) 2 pound Cordite powder bags (4)

(Y) Gun breech with removable inner breech plug and stationary outer bushing

(Z) Tail tube aft plate

(AA) 2.25 inch long 5/8-18 socket-head tail tube bolts (4)

(BB) Mark-15 Mod 1 electric gun primers with AN-3102-20AN receptacles (3)

(CC) 15 inch diameter armored inner tail tube

(DD) Inner armor plate bolted to 15 inch diameter armored tube

(EE) Rear plate with smoke puff tubes bolted to 17 inch diameter tail tube

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