Oceangate Titan: analysis of an insultingly predictable failure

[EdwinWillers]

Right, it was used as an analogy. Do you understand what an analogy is?

"Analogy" - wow. Who'da thunk? I bet you thought that one up all by yourself too, didn't cha?

(but no, that was no attempt to analogize anything - and you know it)

 

[EdwinWillers]

If you can’t connect the dot, I can’t help.

Well no, I don't get it at all. What was it about my post that prompted you feel like I needed to "realize" something? Your post. Your rationale. Help me understand your point.

 

[EdwinWillers]

This is pretty cool - and sobering.

Railroad tank car imploding at approximately -30 psi. (Remember that the Titan imploded at roughly 2,400 meters (latest info), or about 3,650 psi - 100 times the pressure of this implosion)

 

[DrewPaul]

That's excellent. Thanks for sharing. We should eventually have definitive proof of what caused this tragedy.

My guess is what one of the previous engineers stated about carbon fiber stressing in this environment; that yes, the Titan's carbon fiber shell could take them to 4000 meters - once, maybe twice, but that the strength of the hull deteriorated significantly with each dive.

That's always the concern with subs and airplanes. I imagine it pops on the way down enough you need a change of underwear.

 

[EdwinWillers]

That's always the concern with subs and airplanes. I imagine it pops on the way down enough you need a change of underwear.

That used to be the case with the old diesel subs, but not with the modern submarine.