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NNadir

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9. The statement "the steel became brittle in the cold temperatures" is the issue described in the...

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 22, 2023, 06:12 PM

Aug 2023

...papers.

The rivets are also steel, and rivets do fracture.

The brittleness may not have had much importance without an iceberg collision, although it was very much an issue in the Liberty Ships.

My son told me, without reference, that no one actually believed that it was an issue until a Liberty Ship broke apart in New York Harbor on a very cold day.

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My kid explained how the failure of the Titanic, WWII Liberty Ships, and Hinkley Nuclear Reactor... [View all] NNadir Aug 2023 OP

I thought it hit an iceberg. Jaydog Aug 2023 #1

Yes, but the question is why the iceberg broke the steel. NNadir Aug 2023 #2

Just joking Jaydog Aug 2023 #3

That's debatable VMA131Marine Aug 2023 #8

The statement "the steel became brittle in the cold temperatures" is the issue described in the... NNadir Aug 2023 #9

Cool. cachukis Aug 2023 #4

So, it's about the mettle of the metal! dchill Aug 2023 #5

Indeed, and I'm trying not to meddle in the metal mettle metallurgical metal metrology. NNadir Aug 2023 #6

And congratulations to you both! dchill Aug 2023 #7

I thought the Titanic sank because of a massive excess of hubris. Chainfire Aug 2023 #10