Titanic Research Paper
For my presentation, I’m going to be talking about macro design specifically the Titanic. I will be discussing material failures and design flaws that contributed to the sinking of the Titanic, how ship’s design in the future have been improved, so what we learned from the Titanic.
The Titanic was built in the early 1900s. At the time in 1914 when the Titanic made its first journey, it was considered the largest ship at the time. It was 900 feet long, 25 stories high, and weighed 46,000 tons. It was also considered to be unsinkable. The builders claimed, even if the Titanic got in the worst possible accident with two ships colliding, the Titanic would stay afloat for two to three days which would allow enough time for other ships to help …show more content…
It’s due to material failure, the ship was built inadequately which we have learned and improved from. The ship was made of hull steel and the rivets were made of wrought iron which resulted in brittle fraction to them when the ship hit the iceberg. The brittle fraction occurred because the water temperature was below freezing, the Titanic was travelling at a high speed on impact with the iceberg, and the hull steel contained high levels of Sulphur.
People tested the Hull Steel that the Titanic used and the metal broke when applied enough force as opposed to materials nowadays that are more ductile and deform instead so they can bend without breaking. Another problem was the high sulfur content which increases the brittleness and the sulfur combines with magnesium to form magnesium sulfide which creates crack propagation.
The Rivets were used to fasten the hull plates to the Titanic’s main structure to act as an outer boundary to the ship and was made of wrought iron. As the iceberg scraped along the sections of the Titanic’s hull, the rivets were sheared off due to ship travelling at 25mph and the temperatures were low which created the brittle fracture of the metal. Normally the rivets would be ductile but because the temperatures were freezing, the rivets became extremely brittle. Water tore through the hull plates and huge holes were created causing water to flood …show more content…
Us as engineers can learn from our previous mistakes to help improve on future designs to prevent any incidences. A good example of this is the ship Andrea Doria which sunk in 1956 which saved 1600 passengers. The ship was equipped with double hull or double layers of metal and had higher compartments, and because of this the ship stayed afloat for 11 hours which was plenty of time for other ships to come rescue the passengers.
In conclusion, the failure of the hull steel of the Titanic resulted by brittle fractures caused by high sulfur content, low temperatures, and high impact loading was the first reason the Titanic sank. Secondly, the high impact loading also damaged the rivets that were fastened to the hall plates causing them to be popped off. Lastly, the compartments which where were located low in the bow allowed water to be contained in the bow and didn’t control the
The Titanic was built in the early 1900s. At the time in 1914 when the Titanic made its first journey, it was considered the largest ship at the time. It was 900 feet long, 25 stories high, and weighed 46,000 tons. It was also considered to be unsinkable. The builders claimed, even if the Titanic got in the worst possible accident with two ships colliding, the Titanic would stay afloat for two to three days which would allow enough time for other ships to help …show more content…
It’s due to material failure, the ship was built inadequately which we have learned and improved from. The ship was made of hull steel and the rivets were made of wrought iron which resulted in brittle fraction to them when the ship hit the iceberg. The brittle fraction occurred because the water temperature was below freezing, the Titanic was travelling at a high speed on impact with the iceberg, and the hull steel contained high levels of Sulphur.
People tested the Hull Steel that the Titanic used and the metal broke when applied enough force as opposed to materials nowadays that are more ductile and deform instead so they can bend without breaking. Another problem was the high sulfur content which increases the brittleness and the sulfur combines with magnesium to form magnesium sulfide which creates crack propagation.
The Rivets were used to fasten the hull plates to the Titanic’s main structure to act as an outer boundary to the ship and was made of wrought iron. As the iceberg scraped along the sections of the Titanic’s hull, the rivets were sheared off due to ship travelling at 25mph and the temperatures were low which created the brittle fracture of the metal. Normally the rivets would be ductile but because the temperatures were freezing, the rivets became extremely brittle. Water tore through the hull plates and huge holes were created causing water to flood …show more content…
Us as engineers can learn from our previous mistakes to help improve on future designs to prevent any incidences. A good example of this is the ship Andrea Doria which sunk in 1956 which saved 1600 passengers. The ship was equipped with double hull or double layers of metal and had higher compartments, and because of this the ship stayed afloat for 11 hours which was plenty of time for other ships to come rescue the passengers.
In conclusion, the failure of the hull steel of the Titanic resulted by brittle fractures caused by high sulfur content, low temperatures, and high impact loading was the first reason the Titanic sank. Secondly, the high impact loading also damaged the rivets that were fastened to the hall plates causing them to be popped off. Lastly, the compartments which where were located low in the bow allowed water to be contained in the bow and didn’t control the