Do you get the bends in a submarine?

A sub is a solid chamber. It doesn't compress under the pressure of the sea, and thus the air breathed inside is at ~1ATM. If it were a submarine balloon, people would get bent (and crushed).
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Do you have to decompress after being in a submarine?

The elapsed time at surface pressure immediately after a dive is also an important part of decompression and can be thought of as the last decompression stop of a dive. It can take up to 24 hours for the body to return to its normal atmospheric levels of inert gas saturation after a dive.
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Can you get out of a submarine while underwater?

Locks allow submariners to escape by first climbing through an inner door or hatch and sealing it tightly behind themselves. They then partially flood the small volume before the outer hatch will swing open, but this two-door system means they do not need to flood the entire boat.
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How do submarines not get crushed?

Now, a submarine is basically a metal container filled with air, and there is just enough air in a submarine to exert the atmospheric pressure at sea level. If the submarine goes underwater, the amount of air within it does not change (unless there is a leak, of course), so the pressure within the sub remains the same.
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Do you feel pressure in a submarine?

Even if the submarine dives to 300 meters (I'm picking something at random), you'll feel mostly the same. It will be just like enjoying a cup of tea in a windowless room at sea level. This is because the interior of the vessel is kept at an approximate pressure of 1 atmosphere, which is what you feel at the surface.
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The effects of underwater pressure on the body - Neosha S Kashef



Do ears pop in submarine?

So no, submariners don't have popping ears and interestingly and importantly, it means that if you have an accident, deep down and you have to escape from a submarine, you won't get the bends because you haven't been breathing air at pressure.
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Are females allowed in submarines?

The U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2021 female submarine selectees pose for a photo. The Navy lifted the ban of women in submarines in 2010 and has been expanding female Sailor and officer integration ever since.
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Can a submarine survive a hurricane?

Normally, a submerged submarine will not rock with the motion of the waves on the surface. It is only in the most violent hurricanes and cyclones that wave motion reaches as much as 400 feet below the surface. In these conditions, submarines can take a five to ten-degree roll.
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At what depth will water crush you?

This means we'd have to dive to about 35.5 km depth before bone crushes. This is three times as deep as the deepest point in our ocean. The 40% of non-water non-gaseous minerals and tissues such as salts, proteins, fats and lipids are virtually impossible to compress similar to water.
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How deep can a sub go down?

It's generally accepted that the maximum depth (depth of implosion or collapse) is about 1.5 or 2 times deeper. The latest open literature says that a US Los Angeles-class test depth is 450m (1,500 ft), suggesting a maximum depth of 675–900m (2,250–3,000 ft).
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Can a submarine survive a tsunami?

Fleet of around 10 specially-designed submarine-refuges.

Some small and strong-hulled titanium submarines could survive stronger impacts and tsunami waves, but larger submarines with thinner hulls could be better adapted to long-term survival in a contaminated world.
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Can you escape a sinking sub?

SEIE can be safely deployed at maximum depths of 600ft and push submariners to the surface at speeds of more than two metres a second. Up to eight crew members an hour can escape the vessel wearing SEIE.
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What is the longest a submarine has stayed submerged?

The longest submerged and unsupported patrol made public is 111 days (57,085 km 30,804 nautical miles) by HM Submarine Warspite (Cdr J. G. F.
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Is there scuba gear in a submarine?

No scuba gear, no oxygen tank, nothing. The depth of the ocean is such that nitrogen levels will affect you significantly if you rapidly rise up to the surface.
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What is a no stop dive?

A "no-decompression", or "no-stop" dive is a dive that needs no decompression stops during the ascent according to the chosen algorithm or tables, and relies on a controlled ascent rate for the elimination of excess inert gases.
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What is the deepest submarine rescue?

On August 29, 1973, a Canadian deep-sea submersible named Pisces III, piloted by two men, became trapped on the seabed at a depth of nearly 1,600 feet, around 150 miles off the coast of Ireland in the Irish Sea.
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Can you fart while diving?

Farting is possible while scuba diving but not advisable because: Diving wetsuits are very expensive and the explosive force of an underwater fart will rip a hole in your wetsuit. An underwater fart will shoot you up to the surface like a missile which can cause decompression sickness.
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How many ATM Can a human survive?

Originally Answered: What is the maximum atmospheric pressure a human can survive? The maximum pressure for long term survival in an atmosphere of 79 % nitrogen and 21 % oxygen is limited by oxygen toxicity. The limit of the partial pressure of oxygen is about 0.5 bar the maximum pressure therefore is about 2.5 bar.
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Does the ocean have a bottom?

The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor, ocean floor, and ocean bottom) is the bottom of the ocean. All floors of the ocean are known as 'seabeds'.
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Do submariners get seasick?

Will I get seasick? Is it like being on a boat? Being on a submarine is very different to being on a boat. There is no rocking motion, as the submarine sits below the waves, and so people who get seasick on a boat will not do so on our submarine.
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Do submarines have AC?

Even though the entire submarine has air cooling facility, only two decks are air-conditioned. The temperature in the rest of the submarine is around 30-35 degrees and the crew works in sweltering heat. The quality of the air is monitored constantly for impurities.
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Can you smoke on a Navy submarine?

The Navy announced today a ban on smoking aboard submarines while they are deployed below the surface after medical testing showed non-smokers suffered effects of second-hand smoke.
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Is there WIFI on submarines?

To connect with terrestrial technologies, the nodes communicate with gateway buoys on the water's surface, linking to the above-sea internet via cellular networks or satellites. Still, undersea broadband is a way off, due to the low data rates.
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Why do they whisper in submarines?

Silent running is a stealth mode of operation for naval submarines. The aim is to evade discovery by passive sonar by eliminating superfluous noise: nonessential systems are shut down, the crew is urged to rest and refrain from making any unnecessary sound, and speed is greatly reduced to minimize propeller noise.
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