Who Is To Blame Titanic

The Titanic was a cruise ship manufactured in the 1900s that was said to be "unsinkable" However it sank due to many design flaws and material failures. The cause of the titanics sinkage was due to the hull of the titanic colliding with the iceberg which ultimatley caused a brittle fracture within the hull steel. In order for a brittle fracture to occur there has to be three important factors a material or object must encounter,which are a high sulpher content,low temperature and a high impact load .These three constingencies all happened to occur on the night of the titanic's sinkage as the ship's hull steel contained a high amount of sulpher and the ship itself was traveling at a very fast speed,moreover the collision provided us with the third factor that was a high impact load which ultimatly caused the titanics sinkage.Although the brittle rupture caused the sinkage there …show more content…
This contributed to the sinkage of the titanic as if the waterweight compartements were designed precisley so that the ship would stay afloat for 6 more hours than it did which would give time for nearby boats to appear and save passengers.
All these poor designs have had a negative impact on society as this was the ship that garunteed that it was unsinkable by its engineers and because of this false statement many peoples lives were thrown away due to a a few miscalculations and oversights which lead people too their death. From this example engineers have understood the impact design engineering has on lives which is why it is important to focus when designing products so that it can lead to a better design and save people from having to get injured or