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Questions pertaining to pressurized systems and their applications, from containment to system losses to using as a benchmark for measurement.

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Why did the Plexiglass on the Bathyscaphe Trieste crack?

Weren't they tested under such amounts of pressure? As far as I know, plexiglass can hold pressure of up to 20,000 PSI before it can actually crack. …
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Why was the challenger deep so small?

According to James Cameron, the submarine barely had any space for him to move around etc., and as he approached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the submarine shrieked down by a few inches (due to pressure
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Material thickness to withstand Pressure

How thick does the Sphere have to be, in order to withstand pressure of up to p PSI? (I used the variables d and p so I can be given a formula that I can learn/understand instead of a raw answer.) …
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