Causes and Effects of Rapid Sinking

Question: Discuss about the Causes and Effects of Rapid Sinking. Answer: Introduction: Titanic was the largest ship at the time of 1905-1915 decade. It was 900 feet long and weighted as 46000 tons (Division of the History of Technology, 2017). The ship was considered as the strongest ship structured by White Star Lines and Titanic was considered as the ship which cannot sink at all. However, it had been sank in the year 1912 by a massive iceberg. The researches has found that, Titanic has various material failures and design flaws. The collision has damaged nearly about 300 ft of hull of the ship and in less than 3 hours the ship was sank and around 2200 passengers and crew died in the incident. The researches has found that, at the time of collision, the wrought iron rivets and the hull steel failed due to a delicate fracture. There was a sort of terrible failure in structural constituents and fragile fracture generally transpires without earlier plastic distortion along with high speeds (Gannon, 1995). However, excess impact loading, low temperature and excess sulphur content also bases such fracture which was occurred by the iceberg. The microstructural examination of steel of Titanic displayed the believability of delicate fracture in the hull of steel. Along with the material flaws, there were some design flaws such as water tight cabins in the lower segment which can be considered as a factor of sinking. There was sixteen major water tight compartments which might easily be wrapped off if one part of the hull get pierced (Hill, 1996). Along with that, the sections were considered as watertight, but they were actually horizontally watertight only, the upper areas were exposed and along with that the walls were protracted a few feet beyond the waterline. As an effect of the adversity, the White Star Line improved the structural design of the other two similar sister ships of Titanic. The double bottoms were prolonged up side the hull and slanting partitions of the above mentioned impermeable sections were raised (Bassett, 2012). Along with the modification in design, a few safety regulations are constructed to prevent such incidents in future. The further shipping projects included wireless communication apparatus to receive weather reports and position checking. The incident of Titanic is considered as a failure for the company White Star Line. References Bassett, V. (2012). Causes and Effects of the Rapid Sinking of the Titanic. Undergraduate engeneering review, 11-1998. Division of the History of Technology. (2017). Si.edu. Retrieved 15 April 2017, from https://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/titanic.htm Gannon, R. (1995). What really sank the Titanic. Popular Science, 246(2), 49-55. Hill, S. (1996). The mystery of the Titanic: a case of brittle fracture?. Materials world, 4(6), 334-335. Stewart, J. PMBOK Guide.