[PSUBS-MAILIST] model testing

Marc de Piolenc via Personal_Submersibles personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Thu Jan 1 04:33:00 EST 2015


I continue to be impressed to the point of awe with the caliber of 
engineering that went into your boat.

Marc

On 12/31/2014 7:26 PM, "Carsten Standfuß" via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
> Brian,
>
> we have each two cardridge in the exchange filters for the mask.
> One is unse in case of fire against smoke or in case of battery clorine
> or other gases.
> And the other cardridge we customize to absorb CO2 in case main LSS
> filter didnt work anymore.
> They are military surplus from Finland and came brandnew for just some
> bucks.
>
> During building I have a fire in a bed madraze becuase of weölding close
> by.
> The smoke fill the compartmnet in seconds with no view anymore and
> nearly unbreathable atmosphere.
>
> But we have also a scuba automat lifeline system on 6 station on board
> in case of fire or out of oxygen situation.
> And mobile fire extingusher and a high fog mist fire fighting system in
> each compartment.
>
> Also Steinke Hoods, diver suits, diver scuba equipment, 1 liferaft, 1
> inflate rubber boat,
> 3x 1ts drop weights, Emergency oxygen bottles for weeks, emergency CO2
> filters (we double it - 4 in total)
> Last but not least a first aid set from a car. And most inportant a
> complet workshop in the engine room.
> The diver exist room can be use as rescue chamber wit a mirror of all
> systems for air, oxygen, filters on its own.
>
> On the future plan are a complete set from a Ambulance car including
> defilibrator, oxygen inhalator, medicine etc.
> We get older and on real offshore operation we are maybe far awawy from
> other ships and pepole and have to fix our problems ourself..
>
> I have a book abouit emergency situations on civil submarine from russia.
> There major accident clear to identfy:
> - Fire on board,
> - boat catch on the bottom
> - diving with open hatch or launching accident.
>
> Deep charges or torpedos seems not an issue for privat submarines - so
> we not have equipment to prevent that..
> (I write this line so I can be sure that this email will be stored in a
> mountain in Montana for ever..)
>
> There are many old submariners and there are many brave submariners.
> But there are not so much old and brave submariners..
> (Okay I steal this from the pilots..)
>
> vbr Carsten
>
> "Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> schrieb:
>
>     Carsten,   What to you use the gas masks for?
>     Brian
>
>     --- personal_submersibles at psubs.org wrote:
>
>     From: "Carsten Standfuß" via Personal_Submersibles
>     <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>     To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"
>     <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>     Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] model testing
>     Date: 30 Dec 2014 19:08 GMT
>
>     If the scale factor is 1:1 it shall work.. :-0
>
>       vbr Carsten
>
>     "hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles"
>     <personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>     <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>> schrieb:
>      >
>      > I am not looking for drag comparisons, I am looking for failure
>     due to pressure comparisons. I though I read that the Nekton subs
>     were built as a model first to establish crush depth.
>      > Hank --------------------------------------------
>      > On Mon, 12/29/14, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles
>     <personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>     <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>> wrote:
>      >
>      > Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] model testing
>      > To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"
>     <personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>     <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>>
>      > Received: Monday, December 29, 2014, 3:06 PM
>      >
>      > Drag
>      > results between a model and full scale does not scale
>      > geometrically.  You have to scale model and full scale off
>      > the dimensionless  Reynolds number. Reynolds number
>      > scaling enables you to scale results between model and full
>      > scale using either a water tunnel or air
>      > tunnel.
>      > Cliff
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > From: Alan James via
>      > Personal_Submersibles
>      > <personal_submersibles at psubs.org
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>      > Sent: Monday,
>      > December 29, 2014 1:55 PM
>      > Subject: Re:
>      > [PSUBS-MAILIST] model testing
>      >
>      >
>      > Hank,I just ran
>      > a test on my pressure program & you get the same crush
>      > depthon a
>      > sphere of A516-70 steel that is 1000mm diameter & 10mm
>      > thick as youdo on a
>      > sphere 100mm diameter & 1mm thick.What I am
>      > not sure of is if you can scale up the drag results on a
>      > model.If you
>      > have a scale model that is 1/50th & it takes X amount of
>      > force to push
>      > it at 3
>      > knots, can you multiply X by 50 to get the required
>      > thrust?Alan
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > From: Brian Cox via
>      > Personal_Submersibles
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>      > Sent: Tuesday,
>      > December 30, 2014 8:43 AM
>      > Subject: Re:
>      > [PSUBS-MAILIST] model testing
>      >
>      >
>      > Hank,
>      >       I would say
>      > no.  It would have to be so exact that it would be
>      > virtually impossible to extrapolate from the small model,
>      > and
>      > aside from that I think there are other engineering
>      > principles involved that would come into play , Sean would
>      > be the person to ask !  I know that it is done in wave
>      > tanks and wind tunnels, but in those you are looking at
>      > laminar flow and such things, not structural strength so
>      > much.  You might be able to get a rough idea of how it
>      > would start to collapse maybe.  The larger the model the
>      > better I would think.
>      >
>      > Brian
>      >
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>      > From: hank pronk via
>      > Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>     <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>>
>      > To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
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>      > Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] model testing
>      > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:52:46 -0800
>      >
>      > Hi all
>      > If you
>      > make a scale model of a submarine in complete detail.
>      > Scale the size and metal thickness, is it a reasonable
>      > representation of depth capabilities when pressure
>      > tested?
>      > Hank
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