The Rapid Sinking Of The Titanic

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Writing.engr.psu.edu is an infromational website that provides insight on the history of the Titanic, what caused the Titanic to sink, and the effects of the disaster. This article supplies crucial information on the timeline of the ship's sinking, the mechanical failure, and the design flaws. “Causes and Effects of the Rapid Sinking of the Titanic” provides awareness to how new laws and regulations were made after the tragic sinking of the
Titanic.

Vicki Bassett is the writer of the article “Causes and Effects of the Rapid Sinking of the
Titanic.” At the time this article was published Bassett was a senior in Mechanical
Engineering at the University of Wisconsin. At the end of “Causes and Effects of the
Rapid Sinking of the Titanic”, Bassett

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