RonL
The floor of the crews compartment was welded in place and had a hatch that was
~ 2' x 2.5' so you could access the battery compartment. They had deck plates in the torpedo room so they could get to equipment under the floor but they were bolted down just in case we did flip over ;-)...
Fewmet,
You are right, but I think that's what 256bits was getting at. Also he is right, in that a 10% by volume explosion releases less energy than a 75% by volume.
256bits
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking it's not just the pressure from the expansion of the gas but the force applied by the shock wave. The acoustics expert indicated that they were explosions.
256bits
Thanks again for the reply. If you look here and use "Hydrogen" for the gas they too calculate ~120 psi, you need to go down the page select a gas then input how many pounds, if you input .7 lbs of Hydrogen click calculate then scroll down the page to see the answer, it ends up being...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that light bends around the sun, not because light has mass but because the mass of the sun is so great it "warps" space/time and that light is following this "warped" space/time.
From what I can gather from calculations on the web it looks like a confined hydrogen explosion will produce ~ 8 bar pressure. That equals ~120 psi in less than 1 second.
With the crews quarters floor ~129,600 square inches we end up with ~7776 tons of pressure applied to the underside of the...
256bits = 32 bytes ;-)
WOW! THANK YOU 256! Now we are talking. Let me answer your questions.
1. & 2. Yes, when lead acid batteries are subject to an equalizing charge (to help slow down the sulfation process) there are copious amonts of outgassing. Approximately every 10 charge/discharge...
gmax137
I hope I didn't offend you, I was only trying to explain what I wanted the information for and trying to clarify the problem. I am still hoping someone can help my in converting the 82 million joules released in less than 1 second into psi in a confined space of ~2700 cubic feet. I'm...
Ron,
Thanks for the reply. Do you remember how thick the bulkhead walls were? I'm hoping someone can help me convert 84 million joules of energy released in less than 1 second into psi in a confined space of ~2700 cubic feet. I would think this is a classic physics problem, but I can't find...
gmax137
I would hope by reading my thread it would be obvious. I guess I wasn't clear, so let me clarify. Since the explosions took place in the battery compartment, which is below the crews quarters, how much force would be required to breach the floor of the crews quarters (since it is also...
NTStanch
I think you are missing something in your thought processes. You have to remember that atoms and molecules all have energy and are constantly vibrating and pushing and shoving each other. By compressing any gas you are putting more and more energy into it. Once you decompress the gas...
Drakkith,
There is a "Trim Pump" at the forward end of the crews compartment, if it was torn from it's pipe attachment in a certain way it could lead to flooding.
I guess my ultimate question would be, could these 2 explosions 20 lbs of TNT each .5 seconds apart have enough energy to blow...
To all,
I have a problem I would like to solve and I need help. Just some background info to start. I was a member of the crew aboard the Scamp SSN 588 the sister ship to SSN 589. Ever since she sunk I have always wondered why she sunk. Now I believe there is a viable answer to this question...
This is a "Theoretical Question" so go easy on me. Since an atom is mostly empty space is a Neutron also mostly empty space or just space? In other words, in the case of a Neutron star we start with a Star with a diameter of 1,000,000 miles and since the distance ratio between the electron and...