Recent content by Boyles

Thank you. Yes a lot of unknowns with the original story. The witness is a photographer and recalling something that he witnessed 35 years ago, so undoubtedly some of the facts may be wrong or not known. I believe the clamps holding the mating flanges together must have been closed. Nowadays...

Thank you Dullard, do you think that the bell would sit on the flange, as gas pressure was added was added to the trunk? I think I worked out it would at 5 msw (0.5 barg). So I can't imagine that the leak would be overcome enough by pressurising to overcome the leak (constantly adding enough to...

Sorry there are no drawings. It would be a 800 diameter trunk, likely 1000 mm long. The bell would be approx spherical about 2000 mm diameter, and the part of the system the trunk is bolted on to (various names mostly Entry Lock -EL or TUP) would be similar in dimension to the bell, and the EL...

Thank you for replying. Sorry my question(s) are not clear enough. No I am not wanting to know why the clamp did not close as it is reported (see link to report) the clamp ("docking mechanism") did not close due to fire distortion. Although I believe it must have closed to allow the divers to...

Hello please be aware that my understanding of physics is basic, but I want to learn - and I will if explained simply enough please. I looked on here and found the cube in space query from last year, and I just about understood it, but the scalars and vectors did throw me, so hopefully it will...