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Originally Posted by Deathblow
Nice that's some good info. Not a description that going to be found in any library book. Thanks. No wonder the the max depth of a sub is so much shallower than the actual projected steel strength, with all those valves the probability of failure is compounded more and more.
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Each system exposed to seapressure is designed to handle it. It is not so much a lack of strength but how fast things can south when things go wrong.
You should see the flood trainer we go in. It starts out small, then they kill propulsion on you. As the ship gets deeper the leak rate increases and you sink faster building seapressure FASTER. Thus MORE water comes in. It does not take to long before the instructor says 'BANG' on the intercom.