Features in the designing of pressurized underwater habitats and prospects for their utilization
Abstract
The underwater habitat Sprut is described in terms of the features involved in the designing of such structures. The uniqueness in the Sprut's design is that the gas medium necessary for life support (in the given case, air) is simultaneously a supporting design element, and at the same time stabilizes the house's form through excess pressure. A comparative analysis of 'soft' and 'hard' houses is presented based on the prospects for equipping mobile expeditions, conducting oceanographic studies, geologic prospecting, magnetic measurements, etc., with such underwater habitats.
- Publication:
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In its Some Results and Prospects for the Use of Underwater Habitats in Marine Investigations (JPRS-63261) p 72-84 (SEE N75-11596 02-52) Transl. into ENGLISH from the book ""Nekotoryye Rezultaty i Perspektivy Primeneniya Podvodnykh Domov v Morskikh Issledovaniyakh'' Moscow
- Pub Date:
- October 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974srpu.nasa...72S
- Keywords:
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- Habitats;
- Human Factors Engineering;
- Marine Environments;
- Pressure Chambers;
- Structural Engineering;
- Underwater Structures;
- Breathing Apparatus;
- Controlled Atmospheres;
- Expeditions;
- Gas Composition;
- Laboratories;
- Research Facilities;
- Underwater Engineering;
- Engineering (General)