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Berlin's giant AquaDom hotel aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes
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Posted on 12/16/2022 5:01:14 PM PST by BenLurkin

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To: 2nd Amendment

Ha ha ha. Best post.


41 posted on 12/16/2022 7:04:29 PM PST by isthisnickcool (1218 - NEVER FORGET!)
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To: Rio

I wonder if some idiot eco extinction rebellion terrorists were in the area. Seems like something they would do.


42 posted on 12/16/2022 7:19:46 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: BenLurkin
Did they find Luca Brasi?
43 posted on 12/16/2022 8:03:48 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Maybe some sort of fracture that reached a breaking point? Im sure someone should have reported a “pop” or blast of some sort.

Yeah glad no one was hurt. I could think of better uses for a stick of dynamite.


44 posted on 12/16/2022 8:11:29 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: Robert DeLong

They should have used the transparent aluminum.


45 posted on 12/16/2022 9:16:19 PM PST by Mogger
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To: BenLurkin

Was this breach caused by a gun shot?


46 posted on 12/16/2022 9:42:56 PM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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Interesting question. If there were a gun shot the thing would fail immediately. The sound could be confused with metal breaking.


47 posted on 12/16/2022 9:53:25 PM PST by Dennis M.
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To: BenLurkin

There must be security video of this happening inside and outside.


48 posted on 12/17/2022 12:57:32 AM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: BenLurkin
Soooo..... The "Special" today in the motel restaurant?

Why "fresh fish", of course!!

Supplies limited..

49 posted on 12/17/2022 4:33:25 AM PST by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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To: Mogger
Amazing, I had never heard of it before:

Transparent Aluminum - Star Trek Technology is now Real

Question is would it have survived holding in a million liters without failing? It says it's stronger than glass, which in my book is not saying much. 🙂

50 posted on 12/17/2022 5:06:59 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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There is a difference between strength and tenacity. Glass is very hard, but brittle. Aluminum is soft, but strong.


51 posted on 12/17/2022 6:42:27 AM PST by GingisK
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Looked like acrylic, not glass, to me.

While I do not doubt that aluminum is strong. It's a question of how strong is the transparent aluminum. Is it strong enough to contain a million liters of water without failure?

I'm just asking, because I personally do not know how strong it actually is.

Do you know the answer to my question I posed? 🙂

52 posted on 12/17/2022 9:24:06 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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Transparent Aluminum

PropertiesValues
Compressive strength2.68 GPa
Flexural strength0.38-0.7 GPa
Fracture toughness2 MPa.m1/2
Knoop hardness1800 kg/mm2
Poisson ratio0.24
Shear modulus135 GPa
Young modulus334 GPa

6063 Aluminum

PropertiesValues
Compressive strength241 MPa
Flexural strength214 MPa
Shear modulus25.8 GPa
Young modulus68.9 GPa

53 posted on 12/17/2022 10:57:21 AM PST by GingisK
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