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After the Titan’s first hull was found to have a crack and delamination following deep dives in 2019, OceanGate switched manufacturers to replace it.
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Mark Harris, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
Ultrasound scans could find defects or delaminations in the hull—places where the carbon-fiber layers had separated.
—Mark Harris, WIRED, 11 June 2024
The explanation likely lies in a process called delamination.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Consumers whose crank components show signs of bonding separation or delamination during an inspection will receive a free replacement crankset and installation, according to Shimano.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
Newman decided to determine how these rigid gloves could make fingernails fall off, and found to her surprise that fingernail delamination was not linked to the length of astronauts' fingers, which would cause more contact between the nails and the glove.
—Eliza Strickland, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2010
One of the more interesting hypotheses is that the behind arc (east of the arc front) volcanism is due to lithospheric detachment, often referred to as delamination, or foundering.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2011
National Geographic reports that the design of astronauts' space suit gloves can lead to hand and finger injuries, including an icky condition called fingernail delamination in which the nail completely detaches from the nailbed.
—Eliza Strickland, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2010
Flaws noted in the writeup include a windshield crack (covered by an adhesive sunstrip), some glass delamination, and various chips and scratches.
—Basem Wasef, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
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Mark Harris, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
Ultrasound scans could find defects or delaminations in the hull—places where the carbon-fiber layers had separated.
—Mark Harris, WIRED, 11 June 2024
The explanation likely lies in a process called delamination.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Consumers whose crank components show signs of bonding separation or delamination during an inspection will receive a free replacement crankset and installation, according to Shimano.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
Newman decided to determine how these rigid gloves could make fingernails fall off, and found to her surprise that fingernail delamination was not linked to the length of astronauts' fingers, which would cause more contact between the nails and the glove.
—Eliza Strickland, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2010
One of the more interesting hypotheses is that the behind arc (east of the arc front) volcanism is due to lithospheric detachment, often referred to as delamination, or foundering.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2011
National Geographic reports that the design of astronauts' space suit gloves can lead to hand and finger injuries, including an icky condition called fingernail delamination in which the nail completely detaches from the nailbed.
—Eliza Strickland, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2010
Flaws noted in the writeup include a windshield crack (covered by an adhesive sunstrip), some glass delamination, and various chips and scratches.
—Basem Wasef, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
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“Delamination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delamination. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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delamination
noun
de·lam·i·na·tion
(ˌ)dē-ˌlam-ə-ˈnā-shən 
1
: separation into constituent layers
2
: gastrulation in which the endoderm is split off as a layer from the inner surface of the blastoderm and the archenteron is represented by the space between this endoderm and the yolk mass
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