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Microprocessor Applications To Multi-Level Air Decompression Problems
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1987
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Series: MICHU-SG ; 87-201
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Description:Multi-level decompression problems are ones in which a person is exposed to a variable pressure profile as opposed to a single step pressure change. The use of microprocessors for solving air decompression problems associated with multi-level diving exposures is growing in many areas of the diving community. A background of decompression problems, theories, and tables is presented. Tables commonly used for decompression problem solving are described. Techniques using these tables and other practices which permit multi-level profiles to be performed are then examined and their limitations discussed. All indications point to microprocessor-​based devices being successfully used in computing decompression status for multi-level pressure profiles. They can be applied to problems in most areas of diving as well as to other situations requiring pressure reductions, such as shuttle and space station EVA procedures.
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Sea Grant Document Number:MICHU-T-87-009
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