• DocumentCode
    2353648
  • Title

    The structural failure of the Titanic

  • Author

    Garzke, William H. ; Brown, David K. ; Sandiford, Arthur D.

  • Author_Institution
    Gibbs & Cox Inc.
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    13-16 Sep 1994
  • Abstract
    Describes the structural failures in the RMS Titanic and the roˆle of brittle fracture in her steel plates that contributed to her loss on 14-15 April 1912. The conclusions reached are based upon five expeditions to the wreck site over a period of eight years, commencing with the Ballard-Michel expedition in 1985
  • Keywords
    brittle fracture; history; ships; steel; AD 1912 04 14 to 15; Ballard-Michel expedition; RMS Titanic; brittle fracture; steel plates; structural failure; wreck site expeditions; Brushes; Floods; Hip; Marine vehicles; Milling machines; US Department of Transportation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS '94. 'Oceans Engineering for Today's Technology and Tomorrow's Preservation.' Proceedings
  • Conference_Location
    Brest
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-2056-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANS.1994.364186
  • Filename
    364186