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Originally Posted by Rawknees'Turbo
Adhesive for the end cap rings applied by hand with bondo spreaders, and apparently not done in a vacuum chamber and with the assembly spinning in order to evenly distribute the adhesive and lesson air bubbles in it (and with glue being the only fastener used? Wow!)- nutz, considering the intended use of that thing.
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Unlike a lot of you guys, I have zero training as an engineer but wouldn’t massive external pressure at depth make it impossible for an end cap to come off? Unless of course there is an implosion of the hull, in which case it’s a moot point. If the hull maintains its shape, it ain’t coming off.
So here is a really dumb question; why is there so much pressure as you go deeper in the ocean? Is it just the weight of all the water above you? At what depth does marine life cease to be present? Lastly, would humans just be obliterated at that depth/pressure? So there were never any intact human remains on the Titanic?