<br />What is Implosion?<br /><br />Implosion is a process of destruction by collapsing inwards the object itself. <br /><br />Where explosion expands, implosion contracts.<br /><br /><br />In the case of the Titan Submergible. the Implosion was caused due to very high hydrostatic pressure of the surrounding water, which happen within a fraction of a millisecond, as shown in the animation. <br /><br />At the depth the Titanic rests, there is around 5600 pounds per square inch of pressure. <br /><br />That's almost 400 times the pressure we experience on the surface.<br /><br />As the submersible is deep in the ocean, it experiences the force on its surface due to the water pressure. <br /><br />When this force becomes larger than the force hull can withstand, the vessel implodes violently.<br /><br />But why did this Implosion happen to the Titan Submersible.<br /><br />(Existing technology is based on) Current hull materials used are steel, titanium, and aluminium. These are what kept other submarines from being Crushed.<br /><br />But the Titan has had an experimental design. It used mostly carbon fibres, which have the advantage of being lighter than titanium or steel.<br /><br />The properties of carbon fibres for deep sea applications are, however, not that well understood. It can crack and break suddenly.
