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Jimijel
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Since the Titan sub disaster I have been thinking about the issue of protecting people from the dangers of the pressure changes associated with deep sea exploration. Reading about the Byford dolphin tragedy in particular was chilling. This was just a thought experiment of mine and I was wondering how feasible it was.
So take a horn shaped tunnel of solid steel and place the wide end on the sea floor and the narrow end on the surface. If a submarine where to travel through it, if my rusty high school level knowledge of physics is correct, the hydrostatic pressure acting on it will reduce as the diameter of the horn reduces (P= pgh). So if the sub travels slowly enough for the body to incrementally adjust, could this method get people safely from deep sea to the surface?
So take a horn shaped tunnel of solid steel and place the wide end on the sea floor and the narrow end on the surface. If a submarine where to travel through it, if my rusty high school level knowledge of physics is correct, the hydrostatic pressure acting on it will reduce as the diameter of the horn reduces (P= pgh). So if the sub travels slowly enough for the body to incrementally adjust, could this method get people safely from deep sea to the surface?