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In Weak Rivets, a Possible Key to Titanic’s Doom

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« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2008, 01:14:14 pm »



In the book "What Really Sank the Titanic," the researchers Jennifer Hooper McCarty and Tim Foecke argue that the rivets were the Achilles' heel of the Titanic and that the problem was worsened by poor manufacturing; high variability, because of the large number of suppliers; and a rush to complete the ship.
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