Melbourne Forum: Solving the Mystery of the H.L. Hunley скачать в хорошем качестве

Melbourne Forum: Solving the Mystery of the H.L. Hunley

Join us with guest speaker Dr Cameron Dale Bass as he investigates and uncovers the mystery of the sunken confederate submarine. In a continuing historical medical mystery of more than 150 years, the Confederate States submarine HL Hunley was the first combat submarine to sink a warship, attacking and sinking the USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor and disappearing from history until found in 1995 on the bottom of the harbor. When found, the hull had little obvious damage from the blast. So, how did the crew of the submarine HL Hunley die? The remains of the crew were found at their stations. There was no obvious attempt to escape, no evidence of traumatic injuries to their skulls or bones. There are many hypotheses including hypoxia, hypercapnia, or a lucky gunshot from the Housatonic that killed the man piloting the Hunley. This seminar combines modern structural, biomedical engineering and medical assessments to evaluate the patterns of blast propagation through the vessel walls, and the physiological effects on the crew inside. It will investigate whether the crew died of anoxia/hypoxia, drowning or blast using advanced injury risk and computational models. The research team has shot old wrought and cast iron with period weapons, exposed wall materials to shock tubes, built scale models and blown up black powder charges in ponds and lakes to solve the mystery of the HL Hunley.