News Titanic Tours Submersible missing in atlantic ocean

[WarHawk]

Stockton rush was too old and experienced to be making those mistakes. The guys who died too. One was an experienced aquatics. Seems they might have had a death wish.

 

[Volador]

The internet is undefeated

 

[emefer]

Video of the Titan's pressure vessel being manufactured

I think it was that tongue and groove joint they made that created a weak point and failed. The titanium should have been manufactured to encase the entire edge and at a much further depth. Even still, it shouldn’t have font that deep without proper testing. Heck, it may have been approved for one or two dives to that depth before it was decommissioned. Well the looking glass wouldn’t have been.

 

[deadshot138]

 

[DragRacer]

-Ok I’ll dork out for you all after briefly skimming over that video. One thing that pops into mind is the lack of a torque plate bolted to the top of that titanium ring as its being bonded to the CF center tube.

-Torque plate meaning a ring of similar thickness and material (also titanium) as the flange of the cap/door which would eventually be bolted shut for the voyage, simulating distortion of the flange under fastener load.

-There’s a 19mm bolt every 270mm around the perimeter of the flange (est.) which will distort both flanges upon torquing, with the severity of distortion increasing nonlinearly with increases in torque.

-Door flange fastener torque might seem unimportant on a device under constant external pressure, but any distortion of the flange surface without an MLSS crush gasket (OG appeared to have just an o-ring) between the two halves could provide an opening for water to enter as pressures increase. Keep in mind, the same pressure is at work on the tiny gap between the two flanges trying to separate them.

-Also, even with a torque plate, the distortion will be simulated only under load. The titanium outer ring is bonded to the CF inner tube with an adhesive. That adhesive will cure either under distorted torque load with a plate, or without it.. and it’s bond will be severely stressed when in its opposing state. Meaning even if there were a torque plate, removing the plate after curing the adhesive would stress the bond between the two materials even at 1bar, opening weak points in the vessel.

-Also, the dissimilar materials (Ti and CF) expand and contract at dissimilar rates with variations in temperature. This material ROC could surely compromise the adhesive bond (only bond) between the two.
-While I’m still a long ways from 50, perhaps this is what some of those other uninspiring white engineers warned Mr. Rush about when designing this sub.

-All these points were surely discussed ad nauseam and dismissed during design, but are worth bringing up now since it failed and everyone is dead.

I think it was that tongue and groove joint they made that created a weak point and failed. The titanium should have been manufactured to encase the entire edge and at a much further depth. Even still, it shouldn’t have font that deep without proper testing. Heck, it may have been approved for one or two dives to that depth before it was decommissioned. Well the looking glass wouldn’t have been.

 

[Bornstarch]

Just like that bridge that collapsed had a bunch of diversity hires
And that train that derailed recently also had diversity hires running it

 

[TribalDrumz]

Dam they pulled up half the thing

 

[syct23]

Dam they pulled up half the thing

Really hope they find that diamond this time…

 

[MicroBrew]

It is being reported that the Coast Guard said "presumed human remains" have been recovered from the pieces of the submersible.

 

[BisexualMMA]

It is being reported that the Coast Guard said "presumed human remains" have been recovered from the pieces of the submersible.

Well if it's Stockton Rush the families of the other passengers will have something to piss on.

 

[DragRacer]

I’d have thought the sea life would have devoured any organic material from the wreckage.

It is being reported that the Coast Guard said "presumed human remains" have been recovered from the pieces of the submersible.

 

[MicroBrew]

I’d have thought the sea life would have devoured any organic material from the wreckage.

Too soon. Also.. sea life at that dept is very scarce since food is very scarce since sunlight doesn't get that far down.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

I’d have thought the sea life would have devoured any organic material from the wreckage.

I didn’t think there’d be anything left tbh.. makes me question how they really went. Was it as quick as claimed?

 

[Volador]

I didn’t think there’d be anything left tbh.. makes me question how they really went. Was it as quick as claimed?

I'm just guessing, but I can imagine that pieces of bone or body parts and things like that could be lodged into the structure (which is fucked up to think about). It seems like it didn't totally shatter into tiny pieces as people said, at least not all of it. Well, possibly some of the interior was made of metals and other resistant materials. Like half the thing is pretty recognizable.

 

[MicroBrew]

I didn’t think there’d be anything left tbh.. makes me question how they really went. Was it as quick as claimed?

The Coast Guard saying "presumed human remains" instead of saying "human remains" indicates the material is very small organic matter rather than easily visually identifiable human remains, which could be the case with an extremely rapid death.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

It is being reported that the Coast Guard said "presumed human remains" have been recovered from the pieces of the submersible.

'Presumed' being the key word.

Whatever was left immediately after the implosion, which wasn't much, had to be eaten away by saltwater (extremely corrosive) at a pressure that saying '400 atmospheres' doesn't quite get the point across.

Organic tissue would have lasted hours, at maximum.

By 'human remains' they probably mean clothing. I bet their metal belt buckles were found.

 

[mb23100]

The more I hear about this the crazier it is that this was allowed to happen. Was the CEO suicidal?

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

Just like that bridge that collapsed had a bunch of diversity hires
And that train that derailed recently also had diversity hires running it

Lol

 

[El Chimpo]

Shouldn't be any human left

Probably like a shoe.. maybe a gold filling

 

[emefer]

Shouldn't be any human left

Probably like a shoe.. maybe a gold filling

Some hair. or maybe full bodies that look like they had bonitis