philz@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoThe First Images of the Titan Submersible bein bought ashorei.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkThe First Images of the Titan Submersible bein bought ashorei.imgur.comphilz@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square50linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoThe pieces shown in these photos are the metal parts. The bit that was most likely to break up was the cylindrical carbon fibre hull, and there are no pieces of that in evidence here. The acrylic window is also missing from the front piece.
minus-squaregrahamsz@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThis diagram shows that the white bits are a glass fiber shell https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/composite-submersibles-under-pressure-in-deep-deep-waters It’s not part of the pressurized system so there’s really nothing to rip it to pieces. Definitely no sign of the carbon fiber parts.
minus-squaremeldroc@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI’m betting the carbon fiber part of the hull was completely pulverized. Nothing left but fragments.
The pieces shown in these photos are the metal parts. The bit that was most likely to break up was the cylindrical carbon fibre hull, and there are no pieces of that in evidence here. The acrylic window is also missing from the front piece.
This diagram shows that the white bits are a glass fiber shell
https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/composite-submersibles-under-pressure-in-deep-deep-waters
It’s not part of the pressurized system so there’s really nothing to rip it to pieces. Definitely no sign of the carbon fiber parts.
I’m betting the carbon fiber part of the hull was completely pulverized. Nothing left but fragments.