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RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Welcome to the Personal_Submersibles_Discussion
Title: Message
What
happens to the air pressure inside this sub. Does it stay at 1 atm, or does it
increase with depth?
Ron
In a message dated 1/27/03 3:15:47 PM
Pacific Standard Time, emm03@mirapoint.uow.edu.au writes:
Sounds scary...I suggest you test this hull to a few times
operating depth before you get inside it...........just to
make sure
you have it right..
EM.
Hey EM,
Scary
because you are operating from a particular design perspective, but not the
only one.To demonstrate this, here's a question:
When is rubber
stronger than metal? Answer:
At the bottom of the ocean. Take a rubber
balloon and a soda can to the bottom of the sea and the balloon (though
smaller) is intact, yet the can is flattened. Why? Obviously because the
balloon was elastic and was able to shrink under the pressure. What I have
designed provides mechanical elasticity, not that the hull actually changes
shape, just how the pressure differential is interpreted. In theory, a paper
bag could withstand the pressures of the deep seas utilizing this process.
anyways, thanks for inquiring,
jeffrey