The Bühlmann decompression algorithm is a mathematical model (algorithm) that calculates the inert gases entering and leaving the human body as the surrounding pressure changes. Versions of the Buhlmann decompression algorithm are used to create Bühlmann decompression tables and in personal diving computers to calculate decompression limits and decompression schedules for dives in real time. These decompression tables allow divers to plan their dive depth and duration as well as necessary decompression stops.
The algorithm was developed by Swiss physician Dr. Albert A. Bühlmann, who studied decompression theory at the Laboratory of Hypertension Physiology at the University Hospital in Zürich, Switzerland. The results of Bühlmann’s research, which began in 1959, were published in a 1983 German book with an English translation titled Decompression-Decompression Sickness. The book is considered the most comprehensive public reference on decompression calculations and was soon incorporated into diving computer algorithms.
Building on previous work by John Scott Haldane and Robert Workman, and funded by the Shell Oil Company, Bühlmann designed studies to establish the longest half-lives of nitrogen and helium in human tissues. These studies were confirmed by the Capshell experiment in the Mediterranean Sea in 1966.
As you can see, the Bühlmann Decompression Algorithm has been around since the beginning of diving. After a lot of scientific research, it has become one of the most popular algorithms in the diving market today.
In response to requests from the diving community and in an effort to provide the best product possible, Suunto has now produced a computer with multiple algorithms to suit the needs of divers of all levels.
SUUNTO EON BLACK STEEL
A computer with both the Suunto RGBM FUSED 2 Algorithm and Buhlmann 16 with Color Gradient – the choice is yours. Designed and tested by divers, for divers
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