SIMULATED DEEP SUBMARINE ESCAPE FROM 459 FEET OF SEA WATER

Abstract

A series of deep simulated submarine escapes were conducted utilizing the British Mark VII Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment (SEIE). Two escapee subjects were exposed in a step-wise fashion to 2, 4, 8 and 16 ATA and brought directly to the surface. A rapid compression/decompression method was used employing the wet chamber at the Experimental Diving Unit. The above escapes were safely performed without decompression stops or recompression. The anticipated problems of speed of compression, heat of compression, CO2 poisoning, O2 poisoning, nitrogen narcosis and decompression sickness were not encountered. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 1970
Accession Number
AD0709912

Entities

People

  • David A. Hall
  • James K. Summitt

Organizations

  • Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compressed Air
  • Continental Shelves
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Divers
  • Embolism And Thrombosis
  • Escape Systems
  • Floods
  • Gases
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Pressurization
  • Sea Water
  • Submarine Bases
  • Submarine Escape

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Materials Science
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.