Posted by Attila Roman on November 01, 1999 at 20:24:06 in 194.143.243.244 :
In Reply to: Re: most appropriate size plan for a 12 foot long model posted by Roy Mengot on October 31, 1999 at 01:08:42:
: If he wants it to break at the aft expansion joint like the Cameron movie, the extra work is for your own entertainment. The Gibbs&Cox finite stress model that spawned the whole expansion joint business modeled the sides of the ship as structural shell plate all the way to A-deck. That converted the joint from stress relief in the superstructure to a stress producer in the structural hull. In short, it was a simple mistake. The joints played no part. The ship broke farther forward and the starting point was the keel under #1&2 boiler room.
Roy,
You mentioned a couple of weeks ago (or months?) that you were working on certain finite element calculations that would throw a different light on what had happened to the Titanic at the time of the breakup. Have those calculations produced any results yet, or is it still a work in progress?
Regards,
Attila Roman