marksmithhfx

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   by marksmithhfx 3y ago

   Like ribs in an airplane wing, which provides the bulk of compression strength and transfers loads to spars.
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   by marksmithhfx 3y ago

   This makes me think, why didn’t they build in composite reinforced bulkheads every 12 inches or so. That definitely would have had substantial impact on compressing the cf hull and preventing delamination. So obvious.
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   by marksmithhfx 3y ago

   There was a distress beacon… it’s called a transponder. It is in a separate pressure chamber controlled by a separate battery. It is a completely separate and isolated system. It failed at the same time as regular comms leading some to conc
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   by marksmithhfx 3y ago

   Poor design choice. Too many materials expanding and contracting at different rates leads to friction stress and ultimate material failure. Maybe not at first, but over repeated compression and expansion cycles.
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   by marksmithhfx 3y ago

   Carbon fibre is horrible in compression as just demonstrated, unequivocally by the submersible Titan from OceanGate.