How an Engineering Failure Led to the Titan Submarine Implosion
How an Engineering Failure Led to the Titan Submarine Implosion And, you know, I've broken some rules to make this. I think I've broken them with with logic and good engineering behind me, the carbon fiber and titanium. There's a rule. You don't do that. Well, I did this morning. Another trip to the Titanic, another captain who didn’t listen. The rule he broke? Constructing the Titan out of carbon fiber and titanium. As pointed out by Igor Sushko on Twitter, these materials are known for their strength but also their brittleness. This morning And the ROV, a remote operated vehicle from the vessel Horizon Arctic, discovered the tail cone of the Titan submersible approximately 1600 feet from the bow of the Titanic on the seafloor. But the Titan’s downfall wasn’t just due to the material choice. The frame was reportedly subjected to something called galvanic corrosion. This destructive process happens when different metals, like the titanium frame and the metal n...
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