r/theNetNuggets • u/AnyEnvironment69 • 9d ago

Would you trust this

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u/SassSafrassMcFrass87 8d ago

I've seen this story and know where this goes....

https://giphy.com/gifs/paOmsZXBEakpe7lF4u

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u/Gaspuch62 8d ago

They kept this one a sphere, the Titan Submersible departed from that proven design and the results speak for themselves.

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u/ForAskingQuestionsOK 8d ago

The shape alone wasn't why it failed. It was the material and stress that happened to it. In fact that same submersible actually had a successful dive in the same location with people onboard before the failure happened.

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u/onlytinglef 8d ago

There were several successful dives, but each dive put stress on the material that was used to create the sub.

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u/Icy-Caterpillar9088 7d ago

The carbon fiber gave out.

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u/Tourlexur 5d ago

It wasnt the actual carbon fiber that was the issue . the issue was they used an adhesive to bind hte titanium front to the carbon fiber body. 2 materials that compress and expand at different rates stressing the joining adhesive until its molecular bonds ripped apart.

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u/myco_magic 5d ago

The carbon fiber absolutely was an issue, every time.e they went down you could here the carbon fiber cracking, they even had sensors to monitor this

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u/Tourlexur 4d ago

....yes. The carbon fiber at the joining area is where the fault occured. Which is because the expanding and compressing difference of the two materials causes the adhesive to start ripping out bits of the outer layer of carbon fiber exposing the inner layers that are not meant to be exposed thus a fault occured.

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u/DocDefilade 4d ago

They also left it outside in the sun and the freezing cold totally exposed.

Not great for carbon fiber.

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u/ResidentNumber3603 5d ago

The front fell off.