Can someone who feels pain everyday (uses imperial) explain wtf HL/17 is supposed to mean?
How many Little tubes of toothpaste the diver will fit into.
i remember a greentext about this, and a wiki article, but where is it again? I thought it was the Norwegian oil platform disaster but no
there was some talk about how they got discombobulated and their bodies had gross dismemberment or something, being entirely suctioned through
edit: aha, found the article!
the causes:
Colourful NSFW description ahead
Investigation by forensic pathologists determined that Hellevik, being exposed to the highest pressure gradient and in the process of moving to secure the inner door, was forced through the crescent-shaped opening measuring 60 centimetres long created by the jammed interior trunk door. With the escaping air and pressure, gross dismemberment ensued; it included bisection of his thoracoabdominal cavity, which resulted in fragmentation of his body, followed by expulsion of all of the internal organs of his chest and abdomen, except the trachea and a section of small intestine. These were projected some distance from the bell, with one section being found 10 metres vertically above the exterior pressure door.
Compression divers too
I’ll never forget this video of a crab being sucked into a pipe being cut or this one of a diver in a similar situation.
It's harder to get that second link by people these days. Previews.
I click it voluntarily. Its a good song
10/10 no notes
an oldie but a goody
Just like the Byford Dolphin
Actually very different.
Both involve pressure
The Challenger disaster and the Ford Pinto both involved vehicles bursting into flames.
I mean the dolphin story is gruesome. But for this diver to get a severe injury he must be very close to the hole, almost touching it.
The suction power is not that great in an underwater scenario.
What made the dolphin so gruesome is that it was an explosive decompression and besides the driver closest to the door no server dismemberment took place, only a very sudden decompression making for a very sudden yet horrid death.
If the diver in this diagram keeps a couple of centimeters away from the opening he is completely fine but if he manages to cover the outlet hole with some of his anatomy, the shit hits the fan.
Sooooo ... Don't put your dick in it, yeah?
How about a small cylinder? The cylinder must remain unharmed though
Well it would make for quite the 'out of body experience'. And if thats your kink I won't shame it.
I would sort out your estate beforehand, if you catch my drift.
Is that enough pressure differential to injure you? Get stuck yes but 6.5 PSI doesn't seem that crazy.
Actually maybe. Imagine you got your back stuck on a 1 ft diameter pipe. That's 735 lbs pushing on you.
Add the in the weight and speed of the water already moving through the pipe and the pressure on the other side becomes hugely negative.
You're going in that pipe.
But I don’t want to go in the pipe
You're still getting piped buddy
Rip to your homogenate or whatever, but I would simply avoid the pipe 😏
You really don't
Get in the pipe, Shinji.
My understanding is, this is a very common cause of death among divers. The pressure doesn't kill you, but it gets you stuck long enough that you suffocate. Because even if safety teams are notified immediately, getting you out is difficult enough that they might not be able to get you out in time before you die
Soup like homogenate
Probably the closest thing to experiencing a black hole the average human being that is currently alive could ever encounter.
Physics is a cruel mistress.
Can someone please explain the reference to me?
Bro is about to be sucked into the opening and mangled to death then drown because of the flow / pressure / whatever
Delta-P
It would not let them go once attached but sucking through? If the hole is 10cm in diameter i would think it wouldn't rip them apart.
But let's physics this please!
guys ! don't stick your butthole near the pool drain pipe
no matter how good you think it might feel on your butt.
Related reading: Guts, a short story by Chuck Palahniuk: https://theallfreenovel.com/21077/1/guts (nsfl)
Wait, where's Saddam Hussein?
When it's got ya... It's got ya!
Let's watch that video again, it's been a couple of years again
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