Posted by Tom Rice on November 30, 1998 at 19:52:11 in 207.36.8.128:
In Reply to: Jason and Roy: the sinking from the perspective of naval architects posted by Scott Andrews on November 30, 1998 at 11:35:12:
: Jason and Roy,
: You may be interested to know what has been written of the sinking of the Titanic
: in technical journals such as the Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and
: Marine Engineers. The most recent annual publication, vol. 105, 1997, has all of the
: papers presented at the Society's 1997 annual meeting, at which the lead-off paper was
: one co-authored by, among others, William H. Garzke and David Wood of Gibbs and Cox and
: David Livingstone of Harland & Wolff (Thomas Andrews' most recent successor). This paper
: deals with Titanic's loss and the sinking process itself through detailed engineering
: analysis. At the conclusion of the paper are printed responses to the author's work con-
: taining contradictory points of view, corrections to factual data and expansion of theo-
: retical data put forth by the authors. Among those to respond are H&W's Bedford and Hacket.
: It is interesting to note that while there is some difference of opinion as to what portion
: of the vessel mainly held the two major sections together, there is a concensus of agreement
: that the final parting of the bow and stern occured at some time after the stern plunged
: below the surface, this final breakup having occured after the bow pulled the stern to a
: depth sufficient to cause implosion. If either of you would like a copy of this paper, please
: send me your mailing address and I will be happy to send it on to you. There is a great deal
: of interesting technical information in this paper.
: Regards,
: Scott
: PS - Bedford and Hacket authored a paper on the sinking of the Titanic which is supposed to
: have been printed in it's entirety along with a similar following discussion and author's reply
: in the annual publication on the Royal Institute of Naval Architects, of which Thomas Andrews
: was a member. If I can lay hands to a copy, I'll let you know.
Scott,
Can anyone other then Roy or Jason ask for a copy of the sinking?If you could give your mailing address I would be glad to send you a self addressed envelope so it wouldn't cost you. Tank you for the consideration!
Tom Rice