She said that she thought one particular required test, at very cold conditions, "was stupid." It was in the contract to test at very low temperatures because Navy ships often encounter very cold conditions....submarines in particular. Steel can become very brittle at low temperature conditions, sort of like the Titanic did in the waters where it encountered an iceberg.... but never mind that, she thought the test "was stupid." Such a genius.
She had one more job to do, she was paid to do it, but didn't because it was "stupid".
Sorry, not buying it.
BTW, the Titanic steel was tested at room temp for impact (this was maybe 40-50 years back), and it was found to be brittle. The article I read had a picture of 2 steel samples, one from the same batch of steel used in the Titanic (I don't recall the source), and modern ship grade steel (at the time of testing). The Titanic sample broke, the modern sample bent. Big difference.
I remember on an episode of Deadliest Catch watching the Time Bandit or one of the other boats ploughing through an ice flow which had come down unexpectedly and watching what was happening to the steel of the hull inside the bow. Every one on board was bricking it. Thank god for modern metallurgy and the ductility steel has.
She said that she thought one particular required test, at very cold conditions, "was stupid." It was in the contract to test at very low temperatures because Navy ships often encounter very cold conditions....submarines in particular. Steel can become very brittle at low temperature conditions, sort of like the Titanic did in the waters where it encountered an iceberg.... but never mind that, she thought the test "was stupid." Such a genius.
She had one more job to do, she was paid to do it, but didn't because it was "stupid".
Sorry, not buying it.
BTW, the Titanic steel was tested at room temp for impact (this was maybe 40-50 years back), and it was found to be brittle. The article I read had a picture of 2 steel samples, one from the same batch of steel used in the Titanic (I don't recall the source), and modern ship grade steel (at the time of testing). The Titanic sample broke, the modern sample bent. Big difference.
I remember on an episode of Deadliest Catch watching the Time Bandit or one of the other boats ploughing through an ice flow which had come down unexpectedly and watching what was happening to the steel of the hull inside the bow. Every one on board was bricking it. Thank god for modern metallurgy and the ductility steel has.