Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Metallurgy

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    28:15Rebuilding Napoleon's navy around training, Toulon and GibraltarQ&A
  2. Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    52:13Why iron hulls accompanied steam powerQ&A
  3. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:10:25Armor plate is engineered differently from hull steelQ&A
  4. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:56:03Axis pooled research meets industrial limitsQ&A
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    7:13:30What an Age of Sail breech-loader would requireQ&A
  6. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    7:16:01Why a 20-inch/54 naval gun never became practicalQ&A
  7. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    9:47:17How a reliable breech block would change an age-of-sail gunQ&A
  8. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    55:08German armor technique and fire-control choicesNotable Point
  9. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    1:07:49Why the 5-inch/38 needed a new barrel designNotable Point
  10. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:19:34Could 1935 engineers copy a Boeing 737?Q&A
  11. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:33Gun-barrel length depends on metallurgy and design prioritiesNotable Point
  12. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    14:41How bell casting supported cannon and armor manufactureQ&A
  13. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:36:21Why navies struggled to manufacture very thick armour plateQ&A
  14. From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live
    20:36Did cannon decoration come from church-bell making?Q&A
  15. From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live
    1:24:30Cast-iron cannon emerge from theory joined to craftNotable Point
  16. Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...
    32:12Armor design was a question of weight, area, and metallurgyNotable Point
  17. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    1:10:02The counterfactual stays inside 1920 technologyNotable Point
  18. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    1:13:09German test pieces did not guarantee production qualityNotable Point
  19. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    48:37Why a 60-caliber 5.1-inch gun brings diminishing returnsQ&A
  20. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    2:57:31Captured Hoche could inspire Roman engineers but not be replicatedQ&A
  21. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    3:32:00What limits the length of a 20-inch gun barrelQ&A
  22. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    3:24:26French naval guns were constrained by metallurgy and productionQ&A
  23. Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier
    1:08:03Scarce raw materials reward Japanese craftsmanshipNotable Point
  24. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    1:07:51Why Swedish iron ore was strategically valuableQ&A
  25. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    1:21:18How armor plate could be reused after a ship's disposalQ&A
  26. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    31:56Why Welin breech blocks were not adopted earlierQ&A
  27. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    2:45:26How to assess Yamato's armour qualityQ&A
  28. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    16:23When steel entered Victorian ship constructionQ&A
  29. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    3:00:23What preserving Yamato could reveal about Japanese armorQ&A
  30. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    7:12How naval metallurgy could support jet-engine developmentNotable Point
  31. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    55:25Gas turbines could make Abdiel a faster, more heavily armed minelayerNotable Point
  32. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    33:09Could interwar metallurgy support practical turbines?Q&A
  33. The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri
    37:07What limits an early 26-knot battleship's boilers?Q&A
  34. Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response
    7:43Why 20-inch super-heavy shells exceed practical limitsQ&A
  35. Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response
    22:48The sextuple turret's elegant theory and harsh realityNotable Point
  36. Bruships 131: Battleships...
    1:11:35How early could the transistor appear?Q&A
  37. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    3:35:23How treaty-era construction preserved British armor expertiseNotable Point
  38. Bruships 130: Battleships
    2:09:47Why railgun metallurgy lags behind the conceptQ&A
  39. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    35:05Scramjets and railguns face a production-scale materials testNotable Point
  40. Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies
    1:15:18Metallurgy decides whether railguns and scramjets become fleet weaponsNotable Point
  41. Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    59:00Why large naval guns cannot be recreated quicklyQ&A
  42. Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    2:15:54Modern naval gun range depends on shells and barrel metallurgyNotable Point
  43. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    21:13Built-up gun barrels contained explosive pressure in layersChapter
  44. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    22:33Wire winding and monobloc casting answered the limits of steelNotable Point
  45. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    25:30Monobloc casting and barrel life set limits on rangeNotable Point
  46. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    1:06:53Barrel droop made foundry quality part of fire controlNotable Point
  47. Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 1960
    1:19:34Monobloc casting capped the century of gun-centred developmentNotable Point
  48. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 6
    2:13:42Why a 20-inch gun is more than a scaling problemChapter
  49. Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion
    11:04Barrel droop makes extreme-calibre guns a metallurgical problemChapter
  50. Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion
    36:10Gun-building capability narrows sharply above 14 inchesNotable Point
  51. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    29:14Why a saboted 18-inch gun still depends on metallurgyQ&A
  52. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    1:09:20When guns larger than 16 inches become practicalQ&A
  53. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    32:24Four shafts spread sustained-speed loadsNotable Point
  54. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    2:20:58Why interwar marine diesels reached a power plateauQ&A
  55. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    2:46:34The practical limit on naval shell sizeQ&A
  56. What Cannon is right for this ship?
    26:37Industrial capacity favors proven standard gunsNotable Point
  57. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    1:00:34Why longer naval guns depend on better metallurgyQ&A
  58. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    1:28:59The Parrott rifle was useful within Civil War metallurgyQ&A
  59. HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response
    27:01Why Warrior lifted her propeller instead of folding itQ&A
  60. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    12:43Why armour labels can conceal real changesQ&A
  61. Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword
    52:41Longer naval guns demand more than stretching the barrelQ&A
  62. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?
    1:12:46Shell testing also raises the standard for armourNotable Point
  63. Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    1:52:24Why not answer 16.5-inch guns with a longer 16-inch weapon?Q&A
  64. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    1:02:24The practical limits of a 12-inch 70-caliber gunQ&A
  65. Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p1
    28:34Turreted cruisers require metallurgy and horsepowerNotable Point
  66. French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)
    1:08:21The Model 1924 gun was designed around industrial realityNotable Point
  67. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    30:28A 24-inch naval gun could overwhelm its own shipQ&A
  68. RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?
    2:19:12What allowed warships to grow longer?Q&A
  69. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    10:00Why naval guns need specialised steelQ&A
  70. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    57:00Why naval-gun rifling changed with metallurgyQ&A
  71. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    2:41:23Breech-loaders in 1812 trade rate of fire for reliabilityQ&A
  72. Battle of the Aegates (241BC)
    2:45:05Did slavery prevent a Roman industrial revolution?Q&A
  73. Battle of the Aegates (241BC)
    3:02:13Bronze and iron in breech-loading gun manufactureNotable Point
  74. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    3:28:34What reliable breech-loaders would change at seaQ&A
  75. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    3:49:35Why battleship guns encounter a practical ceilingQ&A
  76. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    2:35:17Why Japanese naval armour production remains obscureNotable Point
  77. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    3:46:40How heavy gun turrets were fabricatedQ&A
  78. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    2:47:00Gas turbines in 1920s battleship designQ&A
  79. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    2:01:10Could modern industry build battleship guns again?Notable Point
  80. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    1:00:32Which countries produced the best iron and armorQ&A
  81. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    1:07:45When aluminum became practical for shipsQ&A
  82. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    1:30:11Do noble gases change an alloy?Q&A
  83. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    1:31:57How alloy design changes warship armorQ&A
  84. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    1:36:34Specialist steels for tools, engines, and corrosion resistanceNotable Point
  85. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    1:42:31Brass and bronze: composition and structureQ&A
  86. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    1:47:14Modern armor against First World War gunsQ&A
  87. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    1:51:45Long service, brittleness, and hull stressQ&A
  88. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    1:54:13HY-80 and HY-100 names can outlast alloy changesQ&A
  89. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland
    2:17How technology forecasts shaped Crown Colony cruiser designChapter
  90. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    1:53:15Armour thickness is only a rough guide to shell resistanceQ&A