Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration

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The Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration was a televised experiment by physicist Richard Feynman during the Challenger disaster investigation, vividly showing how cold temperatures compromised the shuttle’s O-ring seals.

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Generate an image of the Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration (The Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration was a televised experiment by physicist Richard Feynman during the Challenger disaster investigation, vividly showing how cold temperatures compromised the shuttle’s O-ring seals.)

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instanceOf public physics demonstration ⓘ
scientific demonstration ⓘ
televised experiment ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization NASA ⓘ
Rogers Commission ⓘ
broadcastOn US television networks ⓘ
context investigation of Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L accident ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dateApproximate 1986 ⓘ
demonstratedFailureMode impaired sealing of O-rings in cold weather ⓘ
demonstratedProperty cold-induced brittleness of rubber O-rings ⓘ
loss of elasticity of O-rings at low temperature ⓘ
documentedIn Feynman’s book "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" ⓘ
Rogers Commission Report ⓘ
genre expert testimony ⓘ
science communication ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasSubject Space Shuttle safety ⓘ
effect of temperature on mechanical components ⓘ
highlightedIssue engineering management and communication failures at NASA ⓘ
risk of launching at low ambient temperatures ⓘ
impact iconic example of clear scientific communication ⓘ
increased public understanding of Challenger accident cause ⓘ
involvedMaterial rubber O-ring ⓘ
involvedPhysicalEffect temperature dependence of elasticity ⓘ
thermal contraction ⓘ
location Rogers Commission hearing room ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
notableFor clarifying technical cause of Challenger disaster to the public ⓘ
dramatic visual explanation of engineering failure ⓘ
performedBy Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman ⓘ
linked to: Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman ⓘ
performedDuring Rogers Commission investigation ⓘ
performedInFrontOf Rogers Commission members ⓘ
television cameras ⓘ
precededBy Challenger launch decision on a cold morning ⓘ
purpose to show how low temperatures affected O-ring seals ⓘ
relatedConcept engineering ethics ⓘ
materials science of polymers ⓘ
risk communication ⓘ
relatedToComponent Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint ⓘ
relatedToEvent Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ
showedFailureOf O-ring primary seal ⓘ
O-ring redundancy at low temperature ⓘ
usedObject clamp ⓘ
ice water ⓘ
solid rocket booster O-ring sample ⓘ

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