Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa...
by delecti on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @07:41PM
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Keeping it to round numbers, pressure at 4000m is about 400atm, or a bit under 6000 PSI. From what I can see, a waterjet cutter ranges from 20,000 PSI to 100,000, depending on model and which source you trust. So if they could contain it to a pinhole, they'd probably be lucky enough that the incoming stream wouldn't cut through the far side, though the same isn't true of the occupants.
Though as you said, the far more likely outcome is that the vessel would crush almost instantly.
Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa...
by HWR_14 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @01:01AM
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Thanks for the rough numbers. And yes, that would be enough to kill people, but I probably overstated the effect on harder materials.
A pressure washer maxes out around 4000 PSI for a powerful one, and that can easily cut through flesh.
Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa...
by flyinghamster on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @07:35PM
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Also, at that depth, the crushing pressure of an implosion would instantly superheat the air within the hull like a diesel engine combustion chamber. Which would win - flashed into ash or compressed into goo?
In the event you could contain it to a simple pinhole and not have it instantly crush, the stream of water would cut anything placed in its path. It would work similar to a lightsaber.