Load cycles don't really apply to carbon fibre composites.
In a bad way. The company touted some sort of real-time fatigue measurement system, that in hindsight only exists because composites can fail unexpectedly.
Then there are the lawsuits from "old white guys*" who claim they were sacked for pointing out flaws in the design.
Honestly I expect that this story will go on for a lot longer and the company will face many more lawsuits than they already have.
There's a certain musk about this story, but as you say the poor bastards who died down there wouldn't have suffered. On the other hand, exposure to vacuum must be an absolutely awful way to go.
*The management's words, not mine. Apparently they preferred younger folks without much experience in the way of submarines.
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jonbob loves you, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 4:16,
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2am terminology fail
Duty cycles are for batteries.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 7:49,
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