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Re: OT: Interesting video
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2013 Dec 16, 14:56 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2013 Dec 16, 14:56 -0800
There is one theory that the Titanic broke in half and sank more quickly than it might have due to a poorly designed expansion joint that caused a stress riser which concentrated the forces there.
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From: Don E. Bray <debray1@mac.com>
To: garylapook@pacbell.net
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 11:58 AM
Subject: [NavList] Re: OT: Interesting video
gl
From: Don E. Bray <debray1@mac.com>
To: garylapook@pacbell.net
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 11:58 AM
Subject: [NavList] Re: OT: Interesting video
Our electrical shop on the USS Everglades (a destroyer tender) was situated at an expansion joint. When we were at sea I would enjoy watching the flexure at that joint and was reminded that the Liberty ships did not have this feature in their design and, hence, many broke up at sea. I am an engineer, no surprise.
DEB
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A video of a corridor on the MSC Buran (minesweeper?) flexing with the hull while at sea:http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7da_1387178760Cheers,
Sean C.
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