Re:Oceangate Statement, “We now believe that [all crew] have...
by TechBro8615 on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:11PM
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That wiki page describes a decompression injury, which AFAIU is the opposite of implosion:
> This resulted in the chamber being explosively decompressed from a pressure of nine atmospheres to the one atmosphere of the unsealed chamber system.
Whereas an analogous description of the submarine implosion would describe the opposite, i.e. "explosively compressed from a pressure of one atmosphere to 400 atmospheres."
Re:Oceangate Statement, “We now believe that [all crew] have...
by ceejayoz on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:12PM
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The point is the extreme, rapid force involved.
Imploding or exploding, nine atmospheres is gonna suck. 400 atmospheres is... like standing under a nuclear bomb. The good news is it doesn't hurt, at all.
Someone else on the thread posted a video of a one atmosphere implosion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz95_VvTxZM). 400x the pressure here.
Re:Oceangate Statement, “We now believe that [all crew] have...
by TechBro8615 on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:14PM
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Indeed. I'd be curious if there would even be a body to find. I have to imagine it'd be compressed into paste. It's very disturbing to think about, but also a preferable way to die compared to suffering through 96 hours of uncertainty before slowly asphyxiating.
Re:Oceangate Statement, “We now believe that [all crew] have...
by ilyt on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:09PM
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I tried to find [1] how much pressure explosion of a grenade would cause. It would take a lot of grenades to get to 400 atmospheres...
- [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5514183/#:~:tex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin
> Investigation by forensic pathologists determined that Hellevik, being exposed to the highest pressure gradient and in the process of moving to secure the inner door, was forced through the crescent-shaped opening measuring 60 centimetres (24 in) long created by the jammed interior trunk door. With the escaping air and pressure, it included bisection of his thoracoabdominal cavity, which resulted in fragmentation of his body, followed by expulsion of all of the internal organs of his chest and abdomen, except the trachea and a section of small intestine, and of the thoracic spine. These were projected some distance, one section being found 10 metres (30 ft) vertically above the exterior pressure door.
That's with a nine atmosphere pressure differential. The Titanic is at about 400 atmospheres.