Posted on 12/16/2022 5:01:14 PM PST by BenLurkin
A giant aquarium containing a million litres of water in the lobby of the Radisson Blu in Berlin has burst, flooding the hotel and nearby streets.
The "AquaDom" - home to 1,500 fish - is 15.85m high (52 ft) and was described as the largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world.
Two people were injured by falling glass after the blast.
Police said there had been "incredible" damage. Video showed an empty tank with water pouring into the hotel lobby.
Guests have been moved out of the hotel following the incident at 05:50 (04:50 GMT).
A spokesman for Berlin's fire brigade told the BBC the vast majority of the fish had died, while the cold weather had made rescue attempts more difficult. The tank had contained more than 100 different species.
However, fire brigade official James Klein later told local media that "several dozen" fish had been found alive in places where residual water had collected. He said they were being rehoused in other aquariums.
Also, the Associated Press quoted officials as saying they were working to rescue another 400-500 fish in smaller tanks under the hotel lobby which had been deprived of oxygen because of the disaster.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Ha ha ha. Best post.
I wonder if some idiot eco extinction rebellion terrorists were in the area. Seems like something they would do.
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.
They should have used the transparent aluminum.
Was this breach caused by a gun shot?
Interesting question. If there were a gun shot the thing would fail immediately. The sound could be confused with metal breaking.
There must be security video of this happening inside and outside.
Why "fresh fish", of course!!
Supplies limited..
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. 🙂
There is a difference between strength and tenacity. Glass is very hard, but brittle. Aluminum is soft, but strong.
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? 🙂
| Properties | Values |
| Compressive strength | 2.68 GPa |
| Flexural strength | 0.38-0.7 GPa |
| Fracture toughness | 2 MPa.m1/2 |
| Knoop hardness | 1800 kg/mm2 |
| Poisson ratio | 0.24 |
| Shear modulus | 135 GPa |
| Young modulus | 334 GPa |
6063 Aluminum
| Properties | Values |
| Compressive strength | 241 MPa |
| Flexural strength | 214 MPa |
| Shear modulus | 25.8 GPa |
| Young modulus | 68.9 GPa |
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.