Flight operations operate in an environment of air gases meaning that Boyle’s law

Flight operations operate in an environment of air gases meaning that Boyle’s law comes into play in almost all aspects of flight operations. More significantly, two parameters whose relationship has been described by Boyle’s law i.e. pressure and volume keep changing during descent, ascent and movement in the air space meaning that Boyle’s law needs to be considered for flight safety. The human body on the other hand needs to maintain the process of continuous gaseous exchange to stay alive hence calling for a need of maintaining conducive conditions of gas pressure, the concentration of oxygen and gas volume for the human body to survive during flight. Aircraft designers recognized the fact that the human body on its own can not withstand varying atmospheric conditions of air volume, air pressure and concentration of oxygen at changing altitudes hence the need to design a machine for flight transport. (Levine, 1978) Moreover, engines and other devices involve combustion and other physical and chemical processes during flight hence the need to consider Boyle’s law for safe flight. It can therefore be seen that Boyle’s law is very significant in many respects as concerns flight safety. (Iglesias, 1974, p. 276)

According to an article titled Altitude Physiology, cabin pressurization is one area where Boyle’s law is applied. (McLellan, n.d, p. 4) Since atmospheric pressure decreases with an increase in altitude, Boyle’s law predicts that an ascent will be followed by gas expansion while a descent will be followed by gas contraction. This implies that Boyle’s law is bound to affect any enclosed environment containing air like internal body air spaces including sinuses, the ear, digestive and respiratory tracts among others. There is therefore a need to remove gas in these body organs so that it does not expand due to decreased pressure to strain tissues. This especially can have adverse effects on patients with problems like asthma and pneumothorax. Moreover, medical equipments in an aircraft could also be affected in a similar way due to gas expansion. (McLellan, n.d, p. 4)