BRW
Contributor
Someone asked about RGBM Tables, algorithms, etc.
and why we use them over the old "stuff" (Haldane
M-values etc.)
It's simple -- DCS is caused by bubbles, not dissolved gas, and RGBM looks at bubbles (and
also dissolved gas as it couples to bubble growth). Staging dynamics differ for bubbles
and dissolved gases and that needs attention
on basic principles.
RGBM has been tested in tec and rec diving sectors, correlated with data, and validated over past 3 -5 yrs by LANL, NAUI Tec Ops, Suunto,
Hydrospace Engineering, Plexus, ABYSS, and even WKPP at the extreme edge. Plus others not mentioned. The principles are old (past even
Haldane's time), but it's taken years to pull
deco modeling out from just medical data fitting,
and, of course, do the validation.
Bruce Wienke
Counterrror Dive Team Ldr
and why we use them over the old "stuff" (Haldane
M-values etc.)
It's simple -- DCS is caused by bubbles, not dissolved gas, and RGBM looks at bubbles (and
also dissolved gas as it couples to bubble growth). Staging dynamics differ for bubbles
and dissolved gases and that needs attention
on basic principles.
RGBM has been tested in tec and rec diving sectors, correlated with data, and validated over past 3 -5 yrs by LANL, NAUI Tec Ops, Suunto,
Hydrospace Engineering, Plexus, ABYSS, and even WKPP at the extreme edge. Plus others not mentioned. The principles are old (past even
Haldane's time), but it's taken years to pull
deco modeling out from just medical data fitting,
and, of course, do the validation.
Bruce Wienke
Counterrror Dive Team Ldr
