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Title: The Failure of the Titanic


1
The Failure of the Titanic
By Amanda Connell, Makenna Coe Smith, Katie
Rawson, and Bea Casem
2
The Basics
  • The Titanic was 882 ft. and 9 in. long.
  • It sat 190ft above the surface of the water
  • It was built by 4 different companies
  • It cost 7.5 million
  • For the first voyage there were 2,207 passengers
    aboard

3
Safety Equipment
  • 14 Wooden life boats
  • Carried 60 people each
  • 2 Wooden cutter
  • Carried 40 people each
  • 4 collapsible boats
  • Carried 47 people each
  • Total of Spots 1178

4
The Titanic
  • They began building the ship in 1908
  • On April 10, 1912 it left for its first and only
    voyage to the United States
  • By the morning of April 15th the Titanic had suck

5
The Crash
  • April 14th 1140 pm Titanic hit iceberg
  • Six forward compartments were ruptured making
    total damaged area 1.171 meters squared
  • April 15th 220 am- Flooding of these
    compartments caused ship to sink
  • 706 passengers were rescued
  • 1,500 passengers lost their lives

6
The Steel
  • Steel plates from the hull 1.875 cm thick
  • Steel plates from bulkhead 1.25 cm thick
  • Expedition in 1996, researchers brought back
    steel for metallurgical analysis
  • Low nitrogen content means steel was brittle at
    low temperatures
  • Seawater at time of collision was -2 degrees C
  • Made of best plain carbon ship plate of time, but
    would not be suitable now

7

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How the sinking could have been prevented
  • Engine speed (Officer Murdoch)
  • Better quality steel
  • Warning-radar, iceberg patrol, etc.

9
Modern Procedures
  • Similar structural safety design (hull divisions
  • Execution changed
  • Materials Engineers-computer modeling to
    determine stress capacity
  • Advanced technology allows better warning, safety

10
Whose fault?
  • Captain Smith the Capitan of the Titanic
  • The Shipbuilders
  • Bruce Ismay the Managing Director of the White
    Star Line
  • Thomas Andrew The Ship Arcitect
  • Capitan Lord Capitan of the Californian, a ship
    that was near by and sent out the iceberg
    warning.

11
Conclusion
  • Major engineering failure
  • Hundreds lost
  • Taught importance of safety
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