@UniqueProductions101, Its preventative maintenance, this machine works under huge pressures. The hull is a pressure vessel, same as a pressurized aircraft or a gas bottle for that matter, each time you climb/decend, fill/empty this is called a "cycle" the more cycles, the more stress on the material, because it is actually getting flexed each cycle, this will eventually lead to metal fatique and failure, so we inspect it all the time and all other systems as well, then we don't have breakdowns
ah titanium even better lol. and as for going to the bottom in alvin call me what you want but id be to afraid to. but i think if i had the oprotunity i would say yes lol
it kind of has to be a ball, nothing else holds pressure nearly as well. underwater any air pocket is subjected to extreme pressure at depth, any edges and they'd be DEAD.
why do this ?? ryan brown
UniqueProductions101 1 year ago
@UniqueProductions101, Its preventative maintenance, this machine works under huge pressures. The hull is a pressure vessel, same as a pressurized aircraft or a gas bottle for that matter, each time you climb/decend, fill/empty this is called a "cycle" the more cycles, the more stress on the material, because it is actually getting flexed each cycle, this will eventually lead to metal fatique and failure, so we inspect it all the time and all other systems as well, then we don't have breakdowns
1BustedMyth 1 year ago
Tough Sub 44 years in service!
I love it when they resort to brute force and 2X4's LOL
coyoteshark 2 years ago
ah titanium even better lol. and as for going to the bottom in alvin call me what you want but id be to afraid to. but i think if i had the oprotunity i would say yes lol
rottentreats98 3 years ago
Lol, I'd be affraid too. At just one mile under the surface of the ocean the depth pressure is around 2,300 psi. Alvin dives much deeper than that.
fengineer08 3 years ago
I'd be fascinated, I'd be looking out the portholes the entire time.
granted, I've been a science nerd my entire life....
Lanceleoghauni 2 years ago
wow i never knew the the thing that you got into was a steel ball cool
rottentreats98 3 years ago
They are actually all made of titanium.
fengineer08 3 years ago
it kind of has to be a ball, nothing else holds pressure nearly as well. underwater any air pocket is subjected to extreme pressure at depth, any edges and they'd be DEAD.
Lanceleoghauni 2 years ago
hey does any body know the name of the sub the one that looks like a giant glass ball
rottentreats98 3 years ago
Alvin the first sub to go down to the Titanic.
YamatoTitanic 3 years ago
I want to go undersea in Alvin or its successor someday - that would be fun to film.
petercook12345 4 years ago
I work for WHOI.
fengineer08 4 years ago
very cool :)
54spiritedwill54 4 years ago
amazing
mfaerber1 4 years ago