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Post by Cybermortis on Mar 10, 2013 18:11:41 GMT
A sudden, strange and slightly disturbing thought/idea.
Is it physically possible for the pressure in a human head to naturally rise to a level where the skull itself will crack or fracture? All the figures I can recall for a skull's strength are against external forces not internal ones.
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Post by srmarti on Mar 10, 2013 18:27:05 GMT
Seems like softer tissues would yield long before bone strength was a factor.
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 10, 2013 20:37:07 GMT
I know this is gross, but I would think your eyes would pop out first and relieve the pressure. Your skull isn't completely pressure sealed with bone.
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Post by the light works on Mar 11, 2013 0:59:21 GMT
I am guessing it would require blood pressure to generate the pressure to rupture the skull - and as Greg said, the skull is not a sealed vessel. it might take something like - say, a catastrophic failure of a deep sea dive suit, to create enough pressure differential to achieve the results.
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Post by silverdragon on Mar 11, 2013 8:21:55 GMT
I am thinking the Brain would be pressure sensitive anyway, so if you get enough steam up to crack the skull, you would be dead already?............
Just a small thought, but valid?
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Post by oldcodger on Mar 14, 2013 13:57:03 GMT
I believe that your heart would stop and your internal organs would rupture long before your skull would crack.
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