Comments by "Les" (@les8489) on "OceanGate Titan Titanium Rings - An Additional Story About Them" video.

Well...welding the lugs onto the titanium ring AFTER the carbon hull was already glued in place was definitely a dumb idea. First of all - the ring is very thick and bulky. To achieve the welding temperature at the spot - they most likely had to heat up the ring quite a lot, which could deteriorate the glued joint. There would be nothing wrong with welding the lugs BEFORE the installation of the carbon hull. The 5,500 lbf on each lug is negligible, and extremely unlikely to cause any harm.
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@solareclipsetimer In which case I would do the numbers and show him how things work. Tony sounded to me like a good and smart guy, but...leaves falling off the trees in autumn shorten the length of day - also true :). It usually pays to have some idea about the magnitude of some effects...
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Welding - yes, you are right. The lip? you are 100% wrong.
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@blipco5 I was talking about the ability to take weight...
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@solareclipsetimer Welding was not recommended because it would overheat the glue between the ring and the carbon hull. If you have any idea of welding - then you know that the parent material needs to achieve certain temperature locally in order to produce a weld which holds. The ring was very bulky and thick. It was difficult to weld precisely because of conductivity which transferred the heat away from the welding site. The glued joint was close by. It was most likely overheated. If the temperature of the glue exceeded 350 deg.F by 40-50 deg. F, then it was reaching the glass transition temperature of the adhesive (and possibly some carbon/epoxy plies too. Not recommended.
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And you still are wrong on all accounts. Basic high school physics must not had been your strong point.
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@hymnodyhands LOL...no hard feelings :) The deformation of the titanium ring when 5500 lbf force is applied on both lugs would be just about 0.005" to 0.007".
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