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> It was previously stated by the CEO that each time he descended to that depth, the viewport deformed several inches inward. It takes an incredible level of d
by kodah 3y ago
> It was previously stated by the CEO that each time he descended to that depth, the viewport deformed several inches inward.
It takes an incredible level of density to ignore this once, but multiple times?
Can someone tell me what happens to a human body when suddenly exposed to ~5000 psi?
Edit: I looked it up. The human body almost instantly incinerates. It takes a matter of milliseconds.
- moritonal 3y agoYou know how you're generally accustomed to being somewhat solid? Imagine you were now liquid.
- longitudinal93 3y agoFrom what I've read here your body is suddenly exposed to the equivalent pressure of 100 fully loaded semi trucks sitting on you, while simultaneously the sudden compression of the air would cause a brief flash with a temperature equivalent to the surface of the sun. Mercifully you'd be turned to goo within a split second.
- myself248 3y agoI love the expression "you stop being biology and briefly become physics".
- anon_cow1111 3y ago>Edit: I looked it up. The human body almost instantly incinerates. It takes a matter of milliseconds. This is most likely BS- consider that a shotgun shell is made from a low melting-temp plastic and handles higher pressures and temperatures without issue (and repeatedly if you're reloading them). Probably your hair and light clothing would burn somewhat during an implosion, but would be extinguished as soon as the water hit it. Then it would stop being hair and light clothing just due to the kinetic energy of water hitting you at cannon-ball velocity.
- kodah 3y agoFeel free to give this a read, it has an answer for your assertion about waters role: https://mindofjp.medium.com/what-really-happens-to-a-human-body-at-titanic-depths-3f46ab545e0e https://mindofjp.medium.com/what-really-happens-to-a-human-b...
- anon_cow1111 3y ago(Pay/login gated article, by the way)
- timbit42 3y agohttps://archive.ph/EoD4S https://archive.ph/EoD4S
- anon_cow1111 3y agoOk, was able to read it finally thanks to the archive link someone posted below. Yeah the "vaporizing" part is definitely wrong, as is the C4 comparison. It's pretty easy to figure out how much energy is involved. It's just a matter of multiplying the volume of the interior by the external pressure, in this case I don't know the exact dimensions, but the inside looks like at least 48" wide by 10ft long. You'll end up with a number around 100 million foot-pounds, or 135MJ. (Or, for a more meaningful number, about the energy released from burning ~3 liters of gasoline). Still an enormous amount of energy, and enough to turn people into tiny little pieces, but it isn't going to literally convert you to ashes like the article implies. It might barely be enough to boil 1 "person's worth" of water under ideal conditions.