At that depth, you don't "spring a leak". The pressure is so enormous that any small failure will immediately result in a sudden total implosion with massive force.
Everyone inside was gibbed instantly & the sub blown to pieces & scattered around.
For those who wonder if those inside even knew something was wrong, the answer is maybe. They did not process the implosion though, the event moves faster than nerves can transmit impulses. They were dead before they even knew it. Subs that have had this happen showed signs of paper inside catching fire from the air compressing, it happens so fast.
Yeah. Typical pressure cooker uses about 1 atmosphere of pressure. This thing probably imploded at about 2-3k feet, so about 60-90 atmospheres of pressure. Air inside would have ignited like in a diesel engine cylinder.
I'm resisting the urge to do my high school science teacher act here, but a perfect Carnot heat engine would use just the ~20% oxygen in air as fuel. Fire pistons can create a flame using just air.
At that depth, you don't "spring a leak". The pressure is so enormous that any small failure will immediately result in a sudden total implosion with massive force.
Everyone inside was gibbed instantly & the sub blown to pieces & scattered around.
For those who wonder if those inside even knew something was wrong, the answer is maybe. They did not process the implosion though, the event moves faster than nerves can transmit impulses. They were dead before they even knew it. Subs that have had this happen showed signs of paper inside catching fire from the air compressing, it happens so fast.
Yeah. Typical pressure cooker uses about 1 atmosphere of pressure. This thing probably imploded at about 2-3k feet, so about 60-90 atmospheres of pressure. Air inside would have ignited like in a diesel engine cylinder.
It's hard to mentally process the physics of something collapsing so hard underwater the air inside ignites.
I'm resisting the urge to do my high school science teacher act here, but a perfect Carnot heat engine would use just the ~20% oxygen in air as fuel. Fire pistons can create a flame using just air.