Underwater implosion of composite pressure vessels and hulls arises when external hydrostatic pressure exceeds the critical collapse threshold, triggering rapid dynamic buckling and catastrophic ...
Editor’s note: This is a live account of updates from Thursday, May 28, following Tuesday’s major implosion at a Longview pulp and paper mill. It is no longer being updated. The bodies of six of the ...
The 2023 implosion of the submersible Titan that resulted in the deaths of five people was preventable, a U.S. Coast Guard investigation found. OceanGate, the company behind Titan, failed to follow ...