US EditionUnsinkable Metal Tubes Could Lead to Resilient Ships, Floating Platforms and Renewable Energy Innovations
Aluminum tubes etched to be superhydrophobic trap air to remain afloat despite damage, enabling new resilient floating platforms and renewable wave energy applications, researchers said.
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Scientists Move Closer to Truly Unsinkable Ships
Engineers have created metal tubes that won’t sink, even when smashed full of holes, bringing the idea of truly unsinkable ships closer to reality. More than 100 years after the Titanic disaster, the idea of ships that cannot sink continues to drive engineering research. Scientists at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics have now [...]
Unsinkable metal tubes could lead to resilient ships, floating platforms and renewable energy innovations
More than a century after the Titanic sank, engineers still have hopes of someday creating "unsinkable" ships. In a step toward reaching that lofty goal, researchers at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics have developed a new process that turns ordinary metal tubes unsinkable—meaning they will stay afloat no matter how long they are forced into water or how heavily they are damaged.
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Scientists engineer metal tubes they claim are ‘unsinkable’
Over 113 years since the Titanic sank, engineers still have hopes of someday creating “unsinkable” ships.
U.S. researchers have developed metal tubes that are water repellent and unsinkable, following the model of water spinners and fire ants. Tiny air bubbles ensure constant buoyancy.
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