[houseoftechno]

The Titan sub is constructed of a 4" thick carbon fiber cylinder with titanium end caps. As soon as I heard of the carbon fiber construction, alarms went off because CF is vulnerable to fatigue failures, meaning the more you use it, the greater the likelihood of failure.

Fatigue failure in CF composite materials is catastrophic in nature, because it fails across the entire cross section of the structure all at once. CF failures do not promulgate from cracks (as do metal castings) so visual inspections of CF structures are of little use in predicting failure.

CF composite materials fail due to fatigue in four ways: cracking of the resin that holds the fibers together, delamination of the fiber cross section, breakage of fibers, and debonding of individual fibers from the resin.

CF composite structures are laid-up manually or mechanically, and being a combination of resin and reinforcement, are heterogeneous in cross section compared to a metal casting, for example, which has a very uniform molecular structure. Due to this composition, the failure-lifespan of CF composites cannot be accurately predicted. Accordingly, many CF composite manufacturers recommend replacement of the entire structure on a regular basis, to address the fatigue failure vulnerability and unpredictability of CF composite structures.

[GODREKR]

The arrogance the owner had in his irresponsibility is inexcusable. He took the lives of these people for monetary gain and now he's dead. How incredibly moronic.

I wonder if they fought with him before they died. That would've been something to see. Him trying to explain this major fuck up that will, in a matter of hours, rip them to shreds.

[kellyhound]

Someone made a vid how it probably went. At least it was quick.

[b0g]

the sound of C

[foxfantastic]

He would definitely know

[houseoftechno]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

Someone made a vid how it probably went. At least it was quick.

And that vid was a slo-mo rendering. In real time, a 30 millisecond implosion would be as instantaneous as a bomb. The people wouldn't have had any warning either - not with carbon fiber.

[foxfantastic]

Originally Posted by houseoftechno ↗

And that vid was a slo-mo rendering. In real time, a 30 millisecond implosion would be as instantaneous as a bomb. The people wouldn't have had any warning either - not with carbon fiber.

I've heard that about carbon fiber bikes. They're quite durable, but once they go, they GO

[b0g]

like the numerous warnings for Titanic, it's the same story for Titan

the carbon fibre cylinder is not elastic enuff - at all. So that's the nail in the coffin from day 1.

but you don't carry on dragging a experimental coffin,
esp. for days on a rough sea to a graveyard?

So much amateurism...

[GODREKR]

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[techfreak76]

The tiny Sub imploded on the way down.
All of the 4 Guys in the Boat did not feel anything so fast was the Implosion.