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To: David
To: Giddy <d.giddy@tr*.oz*.au*>
Subject: thermodynamic and critical phase decompression
From: ddoolett@me*.ad*.ed*.au* (David Doolette)
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 17:47:50 +0930
in reply to my:
>>In the mid 1960's a Ph.D. studentat this university  investigated the 
Okinawan pearl divers >>in Broome on the northern coast of Western 
Australia....These observations lead to the >>experimental work that 
resulted in the submission and publication of his thesis on >>thermodynamic 
decompression.
>
>What is the current thoughts regarding thermodynamic decompression models ? I
>believe there was a guy named Hills who did some work on this in the late
>sixties as well. I haven't seen much mention of this type of model recently.
>Is there a good reason for this (i.e: shown not to be useful) ?

It was Brian Hills I was refering to in my post.  The arithmetic in his 
model is difficult so is not used much

>Is the work of Wienke a follow on to the work of Hills or is it following
>a different line entirely?

I have not read Wienke's stuff but I believe that his model accounts for 
bubble formation (critical phase) as does Hills.


regards,

David Doolette
ddoolett@me*.ad*.ed*.au*

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