In June of last year, an ambitious plan aimed to go down to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to see up close the remains of the Titanic. A trip planned by the company OceanGate and which, unfortunately, had a tragic end with the implosion of the Titan submarine.
The marine vehicle was transporting five people who lost their lives after a catastrophic implosion occurred while descending to see the remains of the famous ocean liner. Since then almost a year has passed and The hypotheses regarding what happened have not stopped happening.. Now, a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) offers new details about the tragedy.
According to a team of researchers from the University of Houston, variouss microscopic imperfections in the hull of the submarine They could have been the origin of what finally happened aboard the submarine. The integrity of the submarine may have been compromised by the damage to the material used for his helmet that accumulated during the many trips he made before the collapsesays Roberto Ballarini, head of the research and professor of civil and environmental engineering.
The carbon fiber of the hull, damaged
Thus, the wear and tear accumulated in recent times helped cause the tragedy in the depths of the Atlantic. The material used, a carbon fiber composite, suffered from the Titan’s previous raids. It is well known that under compression loads, the fibers of such composites are susceptible to microbuckling and that they can delaminate from the matrix that surrounds them, he adds.
According to experts, the Titan’s hull may have suffered damage under extreme compression pressures in past raids. This could have caused your rigidity and resistance would be significantly reduced. Together with the inevitable geometric imperfections introduced during manufacturing, they could have contributed to its buckling, induced implosion.
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