[PSUBS-MAILIST] Re:

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

Not silly Jay.  It's an idea and all ideas are worth discussing.  I
feel, atleast.
Carl


jbarlow@bjservices.ca wrote:
> 
> This is a thought I had some time ago, and didn't know who to ask if it was
> a silly idea.
> 
> What if one built a 1 atmosphere submarine with the ability to increase the
> pressure inside the hull quickly in case of a leak which would then stop
> the leak and give one time to get the leak under control.  I realise that
> you would then have to decompress slowly.  The hull wouldn't have to be
> designed for internal pressure because it would only be balancing the
> external pressure, but I think that any hull designed for an external
> pressure would be good the same pressure applied internally.  I think the
> problem would come from some fittings which are only designed to take
> pressure from one side.
> 
> How quickly can the human body take an increase of pressure?
> How high of a pressure can the human body take if the pressurizing medium
> is air?
> What if you had mixed gasses (diving gas) ready to pressurize the boat (in
> the bottle sized for the interior of the boat at Max depth plus some for
> the unknown leak) and thus diving gas was the pressurizing medium?
> 
> Is this silly?
> 
> Jay.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> J. Barlow CET
> Sr. Mechanical Designer
> BJ Pipeline Inspection
> 
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