[PSUBS-MAILIST] Titan submersible missing at Titanic site

Marc de Piolenc via Personal_Submersibles personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Mon Jul 3 02:59:26 EDT 2023


On 7/3/2023 2:17 PM, Antoine Delafargue via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
> France is a good example of regulatory overreach with a culture of 
> "everything is forbidden unless it is specifically authorized". It 
> probably explains why I am probably the only builder of 1atm subs I 
> know of here, and still, I had to register my sub with british flag 
> (imagine that ;-)) with a super special authorization process now 
> to dive here.

And yet, until recently at least, France had an active experimental 
aircraft movement building and flying a wide variety of airplanes.

Marc

>
> On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 12:53 AM Marc de Piolenc via 
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>     That's it, except that Left bias in the media goes back long
>     before COVID.
>
>     Marc de Piolenc
>
>     On 7/3/2023 6:34 AM, Gregory Snyder via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
>>     Hi Carsten!
>>     I think I can address what Marc is referring to in his “despite
>>     its heavy leftism” comment.
>>
>>     Right now the media in the United States is horribly broken to
>>     the point that we really don’t have any news organizations that
>>     tell news.  Rather they find a few items that they will consider
>>     “facts” and they will create a narrative of “this is the truth
>>     and everything else is a lie” commentary.  Very frustrating for
>>     the average citizen who just wants to stay informed.
>>
>>     The same exact event will have two distinctly separate approaches
>>     to how it is represented in the media.
>>
>>     It is fairly awful.
>>     This is compounded by the multiple events over the past few years
>>     where the government was openly lying ( or protecting the public
>>     from the truth) about Covid, it’s origin and possible treatments
>>     - and the American people have lost faith in the government AND
>>     the media.
>>     Only made worse by the government directly involving itself in
>>     social media to control what can be and will be allowed to be
>>     discussed.
>>
>>     Marc’s initial comment “despite its heavy leftism” was to
>>     acknowledge that the magazine is typically viewed as having
>>     opinions that would only be endorsed by 1/2 of the country  and
>>     that it would be typical tactics in their journalistic integrity
>>     to demean the person involved and not address facts of the case.
>>
>>     He was saying “even though recent history of this magazine would
>>     let us know they are going to do a bad job, they did an even
>>     worse job than expected.”
>>
>>     I personally get my news from the BBC.
>>
>>     At least I’m digesting someone else’s propaganda.
>>
>>     Our system is broken.
>>     Most normal Americans realize it but are powerless to stop it.
>>     For a time when we have almost the best of everything in history,
>>     we are busy creating our own conflicts and racial divides because
>>     it serves the major political parties.
>>
>>     My father passed away last year at almost 94 years old.
>>     He told me once, “Son, the world is going to hell, but I’m
>>     getting out in time.”
>>
>>     The older I get.  The more I embrace that sentiment.
>>
>>     AND…you still have the most awesome personal submersible I have
>>     ever seen.
>>
>>     Best personal regards,
>>     Greg
>>
>>     (Marc -please correct me if I am wrong)
>>     (Everyone else - I don’t mean to enter any sort of political
>>     debate here about anything - just trying to put Marc’s statement
>>     into context for our European colleagues. )
>>
>>>     On Jul 2, 2023, at 12:51 PM, MerlinSub at t-online.de via
>>>     Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>     <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>
>>>     Marc, what means "Despite its heavy leftism" ?
>>>
>>>     And how can a sounding system help you on a fiber with the
>>>     elastic behaviour of glass?
>>>
>>>     Carsten
>>>
>>>     -----Original-Nachricht-----
>>>
>>>     Betreff: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Titan submersible missing at
>>>     Titanic site
>>>
>>>     Datum: 2023-07-02T07:01:28+0200
>>>
>>>     Von: "Marc de Piolenc via Personal_Submersibles"
>>>     <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>     <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>     An: "MerlinSub at t-online.de via Personal_Submersibles"
>>>     <mailto:MerlinSub at t-online.deviaPersonal_Submersibles>
>>>     <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>     <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>     And the character assassination and innuendos are running full
>>>     blast. Despite its heavy leftism, I would have expected
>>>     something more like journalistic integrity from The New Yorker.
>>>
>>>     The article did reveal one fact that I had not seen, namely that
>>>     the occupants had time enough to release weights before the
>>>     fatal implosion. The acoustic sensors did work, but did not give
>>>     sufficient margin.
>>>
>>>     The rest is essentially irrelevant but damaging floss. Endless
>>>     harping about the controller, which was completely irrelevant to
>>>     this accident, as the author and his informants must have known.
>>>
>>>     Marc de Piolenc
>>>
>>>     On 7/2/2023 3:53 AM, MerlinSub at t-online.de via
>>>     Personal_Submersibles wrote:
>>>
>>>         The Titan Submersible Implosion Was “an Accident Waiting to
>>>         Happen” | The New Yorker
>>>         <https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/the-titan-submersible-was-an-accident-waiting-to-happen?fbclid=IwAR0CN7CyK3Ok72HX4Mf0n6sB6uc95sE-nH5_N1KDrqA5XHU1vx_k8eUCbfo>
>>>
>>>         Best insider description so far.
>>>
>>>         Carsten
>>>
>>>         -----Original-Nachricht-----
>>>
>>>         Betreff: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Titan submersible missing at
>>>         Titanic site
>>>
>>>         Datum: 2023-07-01T12:13:41+0200
>>>
>>>         Von: "MerlinSub at t-online.de via Personal_Submersibles"
>>>         <mailto:MerlinSub at t-online.deviaPersonal_Submersibles>
>>>         <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>         <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>         An: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"
>>>         <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>         <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>         I have done the calculation again for a spherical shell
>>>         sector window with conical edge 160Mpa and CF 4.
>>>
>>>         According to this, a window with 530/376 & 60° would have to be
>>>         would have a wall thickness of 161 mm - according to photos
>>>         it was 140 mm at 60° or 110 mm at a 90° fit.
>>>         A 90° window would have needed 132 mm thickness according to
>>>         the code.
>>>         Now.. 140 to 161 mm or 110 to 132 mm is not far off - and
>>>         considering the window was inside straight - means there was
>>>         more material there.
>>>
>>>         I now think the window was OK from a pressure design point
>>>         of view. To be precise you would need a cross-section
>>>         drawing with the real geometry.
>>>
>>>         Carsten
>>>
>>>         -----Original-Nachricht-----
>>>
>>>         Betreff: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Titan submersible missing at
>>>         Titanic site
>>>
>>>         Datum: 2023-06-30T22:29:35+0200
>>>
>>>         Von: "MerlinSub at t-online.de via Personal_Submersibles"
>>>         <mailto:MerlinSub at t-online.deviaPersonal_Submersibles>
>>>         <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>         <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>         An: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"
>>>         <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>         <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>         If I use these 120 mm (STCP) and a CF of 4 it was good for
>>>         around 1000 m.
>>>
>>>         With 120 mm thickness it was at collapse deep.
>>>
>>>         Carsten
>>>
>>>         -----Original-Nachricht-----
>>>
>>>         Betreff: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Titan submersible missing at
>>>         Titanic site
>>>
>>>         Datum: 2023-06-30T22:18:31+0200
>>>
>>>         Von: "MerlinSub at t-online.de via Personal_Submersibles"
>>>         <mailto:MerlinSub at t-online.deviaPersonal_Submersibles>
>>>         <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>         <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>         An: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"
>>>         <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>         <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>         I found a much better picture and correct the figures as follow:
>>>
>>>         Diameter hull                          1600 mm (given)
>>>
>>>         Diameter front porthole outside         614 mm
>>>
>>>         Diameter front porthole inside           436 mm
>>>
>>>         But given with the outer window diamter given by Jon of just
>>>         530 I come to
>>>
>>>         Diameter hull                          1381mm
>>>
>>>         Diameter front porthole outside         530 mm (given)
>>>
>>>         Diameter front porthole inside           376 mm
>>>
>>>         If I do with the 530 / 376 a little reverse enginering on a
>>>         conical seat of 60°
>>>
>>>         I come to a thickness of just 120 mm for a inside and
>>>         outside flat  conical frustrum window.
>>>
>>>         According to PVHO-1-1987  t /Di = 0,348  with  t = 0,348 x
>>>         376 mm = 162 mm at 40 Mpa (4000m)
>>>
>>>         (for Short term critical presssure)
>>>
>>>         But from Jon's picture it seems more a Sperical Sector
>>>         Window with Conical Edge. and flat inside.
>>>
>>>         The code has no figures for such a window.
>>>
>>>         But if I use for Sherical Shell windows t/di shall 0,195
>>>         means t =  0,195 x 376 = 73 mm
>>>
>>>         To be diplomatic I just mix up the flat with the sperhical
>>>         and got (162 + 73) / 2 = 117,5 mm
>>>
>>>         (for Short term critical presssure)
>>>
>>>         The code says if you have not a standard geometrie - you
>>>         have to test 5 windows to destroy dephs
>>>
>>>         and use the lowest failture pressure for your calculation.
>>>
>>>         Carsten
>>>
>>>         .
>>>
>>>         -----Original-Nachricht-----
>>>
>>>         Betreff: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Titan submersible missing at
>>>         Titanic site
>>>
>>>         Datum: 2023-06-30T16:11:40+0200
>>>
>>>         Von: "Antoine Delafargue via Personal_Submersibles"
>>>         <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>         <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>         An: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"
>>>         <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>         <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>         Hello Carsten,
>>>         for the thickness, I read that the viewport should have been
>>>         rated for 1300meters depth, so I think that the designer
>>>         designed for a short term critical pressure of 5200m/52MPa,
>>>         and perhaps thought it would be fine using a 1.3X margin to
>>>         get to 4000m rather than the 4X margin we can find in
>>>         Stachiw book and PVHO rules for low temperatures (to be
>>>         checked but I believe it is 4x).
>>>         regards
>>>         Antoine
>>>
>>>         On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 4:03 PM MerlinSub at t-online.de via
>>>         Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>             I check out some pictures and based on a given length of
>>>             6500mm
>>>
>>>             I come to the following rough figures:
>>>
>>>             Diameter hull        1600 mm
>>>
>>>             Diameter front porthole outside  700 mm
>>>
>>>             Diameter front porthole inside 466 mm
>>>
>>>             (these diameters indicate that the porthole could be
>>>             original designed as entrance..)
>>>
>>>             Now idear about the thickness of the acrylic
>>>
>>>             - but will check out PHSME about standard flange angles
>>>             tonight.
>>>
>>>             Carsten
>>>
>>>             -----Original-Nachricht-----
>>>
>>>             Betreff: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Titan submersible missing
>>>             at Titanic site
>>>
>>>             Datum: 2023-06-30T15:31:14+0200
>>>
>>>             Von: "MerlinSub at t-online.de via Personal_Submersibles"
>>>             <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>             An: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"
>>>             <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>             For me it looks like the biggest diameter porthole used
>>>             in that deep.
>>>
>>>             Has somebody here inner and outer diameter and the
>>>             thickness?
>>>
>>>             Carsten
>>>
>>>             -----Original-Nachricht-----
>>>
>>>             Betreff: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Titan submersible missing
>>>             at Titanic site
>>>
>>>             Datum: 2023-06-29T21:11:55+0200
>>>
>>>             Von: "Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles"
>>>             <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>             An: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"
>>>             <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>>
>>>             The pictures of Titan that I see in water show 16 bolts
>>>             holding the retaining ring in place. See attached photo.
>>>             Jon
>>>             On Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 11:49:18 AM EDT,
>>>             MerlinSub at t-online.de via Personal_Submersibles
>>>             <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>             I have seen a video how they make the carbon cylinder
>>>             and can imagine that the boat imploded in longitudinal
>>>             direction.
>>>
>>>             Create a massive shock wave with push the window out
>>>             (not in). As I saw in another video the window was hold
>>>             by only 4 bolts outside.
>>>
>>>             All titan parts in the video seems undamaged.
>>>
>>>             Carsten
>>>
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