The Science of Implosion | MythBusters 

anyone else here because of the titanic submersible incident?

My mind is incapable of fathoming how quick that sub was crushed. It’s eerie to think about. They may’ve heard it creek and before their minds could calculate danger, it was over.

I miss Mythbusters. That was such an awesome show.

I have learned more about implosions in the last few days than I ever wanted to learn in my whole life!

Damn,,,,thought I was the only one who didn’t know how implosion works. RIP submarine explorers.

Just so everyone understands the oceangate implosion had nothing to do with heating or cooling air temperatures, it had to do with trillions of gallons of water crushing down on its carbon fiber hull

That would actually be a neat stage trick to make the audience wonder how you "crushed the can with your mind". No one would expect the can was previously heated

That RU-vid algorithm has a dark sense of humor

This is not exactly how the Titan sub was destroyed. When intact, the hull was acting as a protective shell and holding the weight of the column of water above it. When it failed, it was like putting an egg in a hydraulic press. The weight of the water instantly applied all of that pressure and crushed the passenger compartment to tiny bits. There was never a gradual pressure drop inside the cabin. One second it was holding the weight of the water and the next second it did not exist any longer.

Pressure difference is scary, the destructive power on the atmosphere level alone is incredible. Imagine how tremendous it is deep down on sea bed.

Suspicious that this is trending again at such an hour.

I went scuba diving once, about 3 metres deep. The pressure on my ears was incredible. That is all.

We all know why we are here right now

After hearing about the catastrophic implosion of the Titan Submarine, this can show you just how deadly mother nature can be.

Adam reminds me of my 8 th grade science teacher . I was a ADHD kid I couldn’t sit there and was failing some classes bla bla . This guy was awesome and I aced his class and won a science award for a 95.5 average for the year . The best part I slipped school that day so never got a chance to show off the award in front of my class mates . Then I hit high school and had a horrible science teacher and barley passed

For people wondering about how terrifying or painful the last moments might have been for the passengers of the Titan submarine, it's likely they never even saw their end coming. Here's some quick Google information: The Titanic wreck is around 12,500 feet under water(~3.8km). It's estimated that the Titan was around 3,500 meters deep(~11,482.9 ft). At this depth hull failure would cause an instant implosion that would have lasted around a single millisecond. The estimated time for nerves in the body to send pain signals is around 150milliseconds. When the implosion happens, the air inside the sub rapidly heats to the point of combustion, flash frying everything within. Basically, these people were crushed and incinerated in less time than their body could process. Worst case scenario, they heard the early signs of hull failure and had a brief second to process their coming demise. Another tragic event to look into that could give insight into this- The Byford Dolphin Accident: A deep-sea drilling rig accident that occurred 508ft below water(154.8m)( a significantly lower number than the Titan sub incident). In this event a deep sea mining crew of 4 occupying a diving bell were killed instantly in an explosive decompression. The bodies of the 4 men were recovered, though one was only recovered in pieces. Due to a miscommunication a docking clamp was released prematurely causing an engineering failure and exposing the 4 divers inside to deep sea pressure. This sudden severe change in pressure project one diver out of the vessel through a 24" (60cm) wide(correction: meant to say length, there's definitely a difference...) crack in the door. The remaining 3 divers were cooked from the inside out by their blood being flash boiled within a few milliseconds. Death was instant. Also, to those looking to this video for an explanation of what happened, this is not the same kind of implosion. The implosion of the Titan sub was due to the extreme weight of the ocean depth bearing down on the sub hull. The hull eventually couldn't hold up and failed all at once. A better(though not fully accurate) representation for that kind of implosion you could do at home, would be stacking weights on an aluminum can(or other object of your choosing) until it eventually gives out. Once the point of failure is reached the weights will rapidly crush the object. This would only be representative of the hull failure however, and not the resulting gas and pressure reactions of a sub failure.

The sudden surge of views on this 7 year old (now 2023) video must be NUTS. Condolence to the individuals and families impacted by the sub disaster.

Came for a visual of an implosion, stayed because Adam Savage is entertaining af

RU-vid recommendations has an interesting sense of humor

I would love to see the view stats for this video and how they changed after the Titan incident.

It's funny how old videos on RU-vid from years ago always come in handy. 😂😂😂

Going to miss this show when it's gone. Adam and Jamie made science fun for me.

The biggest difference is carbon fiber won’t bend inward like metal, it would shatter and the pressure of water would do all the crushing.

I bet Myth Busters never thought this would become something everyone needs to see lol

This really hammers home (at least for me) just how hostile the universe is to human life We evolved to live in 1 atmosphere of pressure and going into ANY other environment is so so deadly

This is what happens when you burp and fart at the same time

There's no way this was just a random recommendation 😂

It’s both interesting and terrifying to know that that’s what happened to that submarine.

Implosion defined before i could even blink and i understood it, thats good teaching.

It would make a good magic trick

7 year old video but we're now all here since the Titan incident.

Love the timing of some of these recommendations.

This is likely what happened to the five people on board the submarine going to tour the titanic. What a horrible way to die. RIP

Extreme water pressure in a air filled submarine or submersible causes an implosion to.

Here after the Titan was crushed. Crazy to see a visual representation of it and think this is basically what happened but faster and quicker than they could anticipate.

Love the way RU-vid recommends this video right after we find out the sub imploded

I can’t imagine how they got crushed in the submersible 😢 This is absolute horror. Hope they rest in peace. Condolences to their families.

Missing submersible could have imploded. I came here to understand what it means when they say that.

I love mythbuster. Used to watch it a lot when I was a kid.

All of a sudden this video is a must watch

I am so so sad this series has been stopped from airing, my fav show of all times 😢❤

For the crew of Titan I sure hope the implosion went a lot faster than this! RIP

RU-vid algorithm has one sick sense of humor

Me: I wonder why this was recommended to me in my RU-vid algorithm? The rest of my watch history: exclusively Titan sub videos

Best teacher ever!! This is how science should be taught, not on whiteboards!

This video is about to get another million views

This came to my feed while looking into the submarine implosion.

RU-vid been recommending this since last Sunday

Here after the submersible accident RIP to the 5 people aboard and condolences to the families of anyone involved sad the titanic is still taking lives to this day

Who else is here because of the submarine

This is not the video to watch if you want to know how the OceanGate Titan imploded. It's orders of magnitude away from it in fact. The OceanGate Titan didn't collapse slowly like that can. The two titanium caps at the ends of the carbon fiber tube were pushed together like an accordion. This is why most of the the carbon fiber tube was found stuffed inside one of the end caps.

I love this kind of videos because normally I have this kind of questions sometimes

Sending condolences to family and friends of those who died on board OceanGate's "Titan"❤🌹

Who else came here because of the Titan submersible?

This is what happened to the Titan submarine, only faster in less than a minute.

It’s sad that this is suddenly showing up in people’s feeds after all these years, and we all know why.

I'm trying to figure out when the best time is to open my window to maximize fresh air and minimize dust being sucked in. Might just have to put a filter on the window...

Came to learn about implosions

RU-vid recommendations smart for now putting it in my feed.

Here's the algo recommending every ancient video about the Titanic, The Titanic, the Titon and implosion science.

And it's now been confirmed that the titan imploded under the pressure, would've been painless. Sad to say but under 4000psi it would've been like slapping a mosquito, instantaneous.

i would love to have a teacher like this

Man I miss this show. Taught me all about science as a young buck

RU-vid: Wanna know how the submarine imploded? Me: Yes

Rest in peace to the missing submarine people 🥺🥺

The coolest experiment I have seen. However I am very saddened by the Titan tragedy.

This video was uploaded 7 years ago and youtube is recommending it today. Odd, thats no coincidence.

You've got a real sick sense of timing, RU-vid algorithm.

RIP the 5 submarine passengers. Horrible way to die…

I’m here trying learn of implosion because of the submersible incident.. my condolences to the fam 🙏🏽

I like how all the videos about the implosion starded poping out on my main page after the Titan disaster.

Used to teach this in my Science teaching career. The kids were shocked when the collapsing can collapsed.

The submersible brought me here

The Titan exploration sub got me here, i hope those 5 people didnt implode

This example seems as though it could be solved with a simple airlock, something similar to a carboy airlock used to ferment homebrew.

I'm here because of it appeared in my YT Page .. and yes, I did watched few videos about the OceanGate incidence

Now I understand what implosion means. I know it is different from the one situation in the water because of the Titan sub tragedy, but still just imagine you are inside that submarine and this implosion thing happens while you are sitting there. My goodness. It's like you've been sealed inside a tin can with your final death wish left unsaid. It is just so creepy.

Watching this makes a lot of sense now regarding the Titan Submersible. May they rest in peace😢🙏🏿

This showingg up in my homepage 7 years later

Of course the algorithm recommends this to us now.

I liked that you don't take yourself too serious!

in case of implosion look directly at implosion

I gotta love getting recommended by this by RU-vid.

Wonderful teaser footage. Cheers!

I need a simulation of a submersible. It’s hard to picture and imagine it

Video: 7years old 80% of the comments: less than 5 days old 😅😅😅

Basically here because I didn't know there was a thing called implosion. But it make senses now.

Even RU-vid algorithms has dark humor.

Thank you for dissecting and breaking it down because people like me I couldn't understand what that meant but now I'm watching your show thank you

I see RU-vid has brought us all together again😂

Love how this is recommended to me now

This is a wild time for this to be on YT's front page.

Hes about to have a nice chunk of change coming to him because everybody came to watch his video on science after 7 years 😅😂

Who here after hearing the ocean gate submarine 💔

the algorithm was wild for this one

Evidently this video is trending and YT thinks I want to see it now. 7yrs later.

if an implosion didn't take place, i wonder how the passengers felt knowing that they were lost deep within the ocean which is quite literally the deadliest (most mysterious) physical feature of earth.

Anyone else here because of the Titan incident and you wanted to find out what implosion look like ?

Bro my whole recommended page turned into "what is implosion, how powerful is it, etc.." lmao

Interesting how this shows up in my reccomeded NOW of all times.