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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I heard about that, but I find it very unlikely that they could make a noise loud enough on the carbon fiber hull, not exactly known for it's acoustic properties and the resin acts as a sound damper. I'm not a material or acoustic engineer though, so who knows. Plus, the article did say that the sounds had stopped.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it was actually them, I'd guess they were banging on the titanium end cap.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, I forgot about that part of the sub, lol. Whoops

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No worries! We're making a lot of assumptions here either way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I believe the forward end cap (where the porthole is installed) is titanium, and exposed on both sides, so presumably that's what they'd be banging on.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like if there was a way to dampen sounds that well then military submarines would have adopted it long ago. No idea though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't mean it's meant to dampen sound, just that carbon fiber that the hull is made from doesn't conduct sound waves like metal. But someone else kindly reminded me that I forgot about the titanium cap or the sub