Hi y'all!
Earlier, a friend told me his theory, so we talked it out and tweaked it a little
The uptakes are the strongest part on the Ship. When it fails, the ships's structure fails.
Example: the wreck
the Number two Funnel uptake is sagging. Since it began to sag, it's taking A-Deck down with it
Example two: the Stern
The Turbine Uptake/casing on the Stern, still is retaining its shape. Even after A, B, and C-Deck have now collapsed onto D-Deck.
Uptake in 1996
Turbine uptake in 2003
Turbine Casing in 2010
I think, that between the bulkheads and the Uptakes, those are the things keeping the Bow intact, and the Stern not a complete mess.
From " Ocean Liners of the Past; Olympic and Titanic"
it reads, "The arrangement of uptakes, by which the smoke and waste gases are conveyed to the funnels, is necessarily of a very elaborate nature, no less than twenty branches being required to one funnel in the case of boiler rooms 3 and 4. The branches from the adjoining boiler rooms are united immediately above the watertight bulkhead separating the rooms, the bulkhead thus forming a valuable support to the uptakes and funnel above."
The Uptakes run through all the decks, so they'd have to provide a lot of supports for the decks.
I'd be very open to revision of this theory, to make it a "proper" theory.
Thanks!
Earlier, a friend told me his theory, so we talked it out and tweaked it a little
The uptakes are the strongest part on the Ship. When it fails, the ships's structure fails.
Example: the wreck
the Number two Funnel uptake is sagging. Since it began to sag, it's taking A-Deck down with it
Example two: the Stern
The Turbine Uptake/casing on the Stern, still is retaining its shape. Even after A, B, and C-Deck have now collapsed onto D-Deck.
Uptake in 1996
Turbine uptake in 2003
Turbine Casing in 2010
I think, that between the bulkheads and the Uptakes, those are the things keeping the Bow intact, and the Stern not a complete mess.
From " Ocean Liners of the Past; Olympic and Titanic"
it reads, "The arrangement of uptakes, by which the smoke and waste gases are conveyed to the funnels, is necessarily of a very elaborate nature, no less than twenty branches being required to one funnel in the case of boiler rooms 3 and 4. The branches from the adjoining boiler rooms are united immediately above the watertight bulkhead separating the rooms, the bulkhead thus forming a valuable support to the uptakes and funnel above."
The Uptakes run through all the decks, so they'd have to provide a lot of supports for the decks.
I'd be very open to revision of this theory, to make it a "proper" theory.
Thanks!
