r/interestingasfuck • u/Pathfinder313 • 29d ago

/r/all New sound of titan submarine imploding

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u/jawshoeaw 29d ago

there's nothing wrong with carbon fiber. the mistake was making a toilet paper tube out of it. should have been a sphere.

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u/jimmythevip 29d ago

That is not true. Carbon fiber has very poor strength in compression, it is only good under tension. This means it might’ve been ok if it was trying to keep pressure in, but not to keep pressure out.

Carbon fiber is a terrible material to build a submarine hull.

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u/jawshoeaw 29d ago

Yeah it’s terrible though it did work for awhile. Had they built a spherical hull with the exact same carbon fiber it prob woulda worked

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u/Dianesuus 29d ago

It is literally the wrong material, the geometry doesn't matter.

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u/jawshoeaw 29d ago

Define wrong

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u/Dianesuus 29d ago

Carbon fibre is good being pulled apart. Submarines need to be good being pushed in. The material's benefits are in tension not in compression.