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Interesting that the overall concept of the Trieste is very similar to the Limiting Factor. The main difference being instead of using gasoline as bouyancy, th
by mechhacker 3y ago
Interesting that the overall concept of the Trieste is very similar to the Limiting Factor.
The main difference being instead of using gasoline as bouyancy, they use syntactic foam. It seems like that made the overall vessel smaller. But the fundamentals of the pressure vessel is very similar, with modern tech wrapped around inside and outside. And LF using Ti vs. the Trieste's Steel vessel.
https://lynceans.org/tag/syntactic-foam/ https://lynceans.org/tag/syntactic-foam/
- babypuncher 3y agoIt turns out after 60 years, a sphere is still the strongest three dimensional shape we can make. There are in fact some basic engineering truths that cannot really be improved upon further.
- dtgriscom 3y agoIn another 60 years, a sphere will still be the strongest three-dimensional shape.