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I believe the prevailing thought on the audible cracking is that it is the bubbles in the fluid between cartilage and nothing to do with the cartilage itself.
by throwaway_law 7y ago
I believe the prevailing thought on the audible cracking is that it is the bubbles in the fluid between cartilage and nothing to do with the cartilage itself.
- catalogia 7y agoThat's my understanding. But the collapsing bubbles are next to the cartilage I believe, and it seems to me should therefore be causing cavitation erosion. When cavitation erodes a boat's propeller, the cavitation is occurring in the water next to the propeller, not in the propeller itself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavitation#Cavitation_damage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavitation#Cavitation_damage
- mikelyons 7y agoHere's a video of it happening on live x-ray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyUjH2FmRLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyUjH2FmRLE Quite creepy