The tragic and catastrophic implosion of the Oceangate Titan I simulated in Blender. The Titan was made with a carbon-fiber composite hull and a titanium frame. Both materials become brittle under extremely high pressures. Carbon fiber frays and splinters, while titanium fractures. This leads to the hull shattering like glass, spewing out titanium and carbon fiber fragments as the water rushes in to fill the airspace. The animation is not entirely accurate: A more accurate portrayal of the disintegration would look more like a dust cloud. As for the interior, the immense pressure caused by the water compressing the air on the inside turns the inside of the vessel into what is essentially the combustion chamber of a car engine, igniting anything flammable and superheating the air inside.
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