One of the theories wrt the titanic sinking was that poor quality rivets had caused the hull plates to split at the seams as opposed to being torn apart. This would have meant that the long gash had needed less force to split open.
The rivets in the titanic were made of iron.
25000 rivets were rotten on titanic
The plates of Titanic were connected with about three million rivets.
Titanic's collision with the iceberg was obviously bad enough to sink her. The rivets were popped between the metal plates and enough water breached through to make her unstable and eventually to sink her.
When Titanic hit the iceberg, the rivets were popped between the metal plates and enough water breached through to make her unstable and eventually to sink her.
Titanic was designed by hulls and rivets.
Titanic sunk because a collision with an iceberg at cruising speed popped rivets between her hul plates and too much water breached to sail with.
One of the main questions that were raised was that people think that the Titanic used weak rivets which allowed the watertight compartments to flood which was one of the main reasons that caused the Titanic to sink.
The rivets were badly stuck on so when they hit the iceberg the strain on the bow cracked and they sunk. You should blame Harland and Wolff, Belfast.
Titanic was crossing the Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage and she sank because the iceberg she struck popped rivets off between her plates and too much breached into her hull.
Titanic struck an iceberg in the middle of the night which buckled her plates, causing her rivets to pop. Water entered between the plates and caused her to tip and then to fill. She cracked and then her separate pieces sunk.
The rivets that were used in the building of the Titanic was considered poor quality, and some were not installed properly.