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| Berlin AquaDom explosion - what went wrong? |
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| NiHaoMike:
One detail that hasn't been mentioned is that while the water would keep most of the tank at basically the same temperature, the part above the water line would be closer to ambient and thus thermal stress is still a possibility. |
| HighVoltage:
Isn't the cross stress in a cylindrical shape always twice as high as the stress in direction of the axis? (This might only apply to closed systems like a pressurized tank) But in any case the cross stress should be higher. If so, one could easily measure the circumference of such cylinder and monitor it at the AquaDom bottom, where the static load is the highest. This way there would be an alarm system go off if the diameter gets too large. I wonder if there was any monitoring for mechanical stress in the cylinder. It could have easily be applied and the cost would be minimal compared to the overall construction cost. |
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| SiliconWizard:
Interesting, especially about the responsibilities, but he says "nobody was hurt", and I beg to differ. Poor fish. #iamfish |
| Bud:
I am guessing the elevator went kaput as well ? |
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