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RE: Did submarines suffer from bends?
Posted by: Fin Bonset ()
Date: January 29, 2001 07:39PM

Hi everyone,

The way I see it, the only way a submariner can get the bends is if he escaped the u-boat using an air-breathing instrument and went up too fast. Kurt is right about the fact that the hull protected the bodies from the pressure, however, if the pressure valve was not regulated when a sub would ascend towards the surface, I think problems could occur. In addition, without the pressure regulating valve, the hatch would be impossible to open.

Please correct me if I\'m wrong here. I\'m speaking from my own logic as i don\'t know that much about u-boat mechanics.

Hope that helps a little bit.

Best wishes!

Fin.

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Subject Written By Posted
Did submarines suffer from bends? BernardZ 01/27/2001 12:25PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? bernardz 01/27/2001 12:27PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? kurt 01/27/2001 02:35PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? Fin Bonset 01/29/2001 07:39PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? Peter Nall 02/01/2001 12:54PM
RE: Higher air pressure when submerged kurt 01/29/2001 10:11PM
RE: Higher air pressure when submerged Rick Mann 02/01/2001 04:39PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? Steve Cooper 02/02/2001 03:07AM


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