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Re: hmmm the break up!
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Hi Rowan.

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Rowan wrote:
I've also read that the point of the breakup was also where the loungesand smoking rooms were. With the big open spaces, it was a weak point in the ship and at that angle with many other factors the structure couldn't hold up.


The superstructure does not really impart any structural strength for the hull girder, so the open spaces of the first class lounge and smoke room didn't really influence the structural strength of the ship. The superstructure essentially sits on top of the structural hull proper, and being constructed of far lighter scantling is provided with expansion joints to allow it to flex and dissipate excessive stress.

In terms of open spaces such as the reciprocating engine room, to an extent this is compensated for by way of additional and stronger pillars within the hull structure. Yet if you look at a cross section of the ship this reinforcement is evident. Olympic and Britannic never showed any weakness here. In Titanic's case her hull was merely compromised by the excessive strain it endured a long period. I don't believe any ship of the time could have withstood that sort of strain.

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Mark.
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Posted on: 2007/4/20 15:34
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     Re: hmmm the break up! MGY Friend 2007/3/6 15:45
     Re: hmmm the break up! csxman 2007/3/6 20:14
       Re: hmmm the break up! MGY Friend 2007/3/6 21:10
     Re: hmmm the break up! csxman 2007/3/7 1:20
       Re: hmmm the break up! MGY Friend 2007/3/7 15:50
     Re: hmmm the break up! csxman 2007/3/18 23:42
       Re: hmmm the break up! Mac G 2007/4/15 18:23
         Re: hmmm the break up! Captain Dan 2007/4/16 16:03
           Re: hmmm the break up! shauntexdrummer 2007/4/18 5:48
             Re: hmmm the break up! Rowan 2007/4/20 14:58
               Re: hmmm the break up! Mark Chirnside 2007/4/20 15:34
                 Re: hmmm the break up! Mac G 2007/4/20 20:07
                   Re: hmmm the break up! Mark Chirnside 2007/4/20 22:15
                     Re: hmmm the break up! Captain Dan 2007/5/3 14:39
                       Re: hmmm the break up! Mac G 2007/5/4 4:13
                         Re: hmmm the break up! Mac G 2007/5/4 4:15
                           Re: hmmm the break up! MGY Friend 2007/5/4 15:19
                             Re: hmmm the break up! Mac G 2007/5/4 20:16
                               Re: hmmm the break up! Rowan 2007/5/5 4:03
                                 Re: hmmm the break up! Mac G 2007/5/5 15:48
                                   Re: hmmm the break up! csxman 2007/6/25 23:12
                                     Re: hmmm the break up! MGY Friend 2007/6/26 17:34
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