6 Mar
2005
6 Mar
'05
8:41 p.m.
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Ram Meenakshisundaram wrote:
It was a survival show and the person who drove his
car into the lake tried
very hard to open the door. He kicked it, etc, etc. It wont budge. He
finally took out his centerpunch and broke the side window. He waited for
the water to rush into the car and then he swam out of the window. So, based
on that scenario, I doubt it would be possible to even open it a little
bit...
Yup, universally the case. Anyone got a calculator? Car in river.
Let's call it 10PSIG, the pressure at about 5 feet of depth. If car
door is 4 feet x 3 feet (probably VASTLY undersize), that's 1728
square inches. Times 10 pounds/sq in. Run xcalc and do the rest...