[PSUBS-MAILIST] model testing

[Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles]

Hank,
      I would say no.  It would have to be so exact that it would be virtually impossible to extrapolate from the small model, and aside from that I think there are other engineering principles involved that would come into play , Sean would be the person to ask !   I know that it is done in wave tanks and wind tunnels, but in those you are looking at laminar flow and such things, not structural strength so much.  You might be able to get a rough idea of how it would start to collapse maybe.  The larger the model the better I would think.

Brian

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From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] model testing
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:52:46 -0800

Hi all
If you make a scale model of a submarine in complete detail.  Scale the size and metal thickness, is it a reasonable representation of depth capabilities when pressure tested?
Hank
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