Titanic Submarine Situation

[samhexum]

The mystery of the Titan submersible implosion may soon be solved.

The five people who perished aboard the OceanGate vessel as it plunged thousands of feet below sea level could have been victims of “micro-buckling,” a new study suggests.

Small imperfections in the thin-walled structure may have become more damaged with every trip the vessel took to visit the Titanic’s final resting place until it finally gave way to the immense pressure of the ocean on the doomed June 18, 2023 trip, researchers from the University of Houston theorized.

In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences earlier this month, the experts examined how the “slenderness” of a hemispherical shell with random imperfections — much like the submersible itself — is extra susceptible to a buckling-induced collapse.

 

There are still several other potential causes for the disaster — including issues with the hull’s carbon fiber composite material — but the buckling effect could be one.

Much like a car or a plane, the spherical shell of the submersible was designed to carry large loads, but small imperfections — even those invisible to the eye — provide a weak point for pressure to congregate, ultimately collapsing the thin walls of the vessel.

The Titan submersible had made more than 50 dives without any issues before its infamous implosion — but each trip may have caused more damage to the hull until it ultimately lost its integrity.

[BuffaloKyle]

3 hours ago, samhexum said:

The mystery of the Titan submersible implosion may soon be solved.

All that is pretty much what was said right after. That it was pretty much unknown how the structure and material was going to react to going down time after time after time. The temperature change too was also a big contributor. It's quite cold obviously down at the bottom of the ocean.

Edited May 4 by BuffaloKyle

[mike carey]

7 minutes ago, BuffaloKyle said:

All that is pretty much what was said right after. That it was pretty much unknown how the structure and material was going to react to going down time after time after time. The temperature change too was also a big contributor. It's quite cold obviously down at the bottom of the ocean.

About 4°C (39°F), as water generally becomes more dense as it cools (and therefore sinks), but below 4° it starts to become less dense (think, ice floats).

[BuffaloKyle]

Billionaire plans to take submersible to Titanic nearly one year after OceanGate implosion

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Larry Connor, an Ohio businessman and billionaire, said he wants to prove the trip can be done "without disaster."

Nearly one year after the OceanGate Titan submersible disaster gripped the nation, another ambitious businessman is looking to make the same trip.

Larry Connor, an Ohio businessman and billionaire, told The Wall Street Journal last week about his plans to prove that a dive to the Titanic wreckage site can be done safely when proper engineering is employed.

[+ FrankR]

5 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said:

Billionaire plans to take submersible to Titanic nearly one year after OceanGate implosion

WWW.USATODAY.COM

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Larry Connor, an Ohio businessman and billionaire, said he wants to prove the trip can be done "without disaster."

Nearly one year after the OceanGate Titan submersible disaster gripped the nation, another ambitious businessman is looking to make the same trip.

Larry Connor, an Ohio businessman and billionaire, told The Wall Street Journal last week about his plans to prove that a dive to the Titanic wreckage site can be done safely when proper engineering is employed.

What is it with these billionaire idiots and their weird hobbies rooted in the past. Submarines to the Titanic…hot air balloons around the world like it is 1930? 😆

[jeezifonly]

American Machismo is not an adequate weapon against Mother Nature.
He’ll find out… as have many before him.