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Originally Posted by Caseck
Why not instead, based on the tonnage of the ships involved, determine how thick the pressure hulls are, and then based on simple physics, and the metals involved, determine the depth at which said metals of given thickness would bend to a given tolerance?
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As Kapitain said, FAS.org and others are mostly doing exactly that.
They too, though, have the problem, that their calculations are based on estimates (you would be hard-pressed to tell the exact specific weight of the specific alloy a certain submarine hull is made of, not to mention all the stuff within that hull).
It all ends in much educated guessing, and little factual knowledge.
Regards,
Robert