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Composite cylinders for underwater applications

Authors: Dominique CHOQUEUSE, Peter DAVIES, Benoît BIGOURDAN, Dominique PERREUX

Publication date: October 10, 2013

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2. Underwater environment

The deep environment is essentially characterized by the effect of hydrostatic pressure. As a first approximation, a pressure increase of 0.1 MPa is conventionally assumed for every 10 m of depth. To be more precise and take into account the compressibility of water, the following approximate formula can be used:

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