Comments by "" (@VersusARCH) on "The Drydock - Episode 106" video.

16:34 VERY MUCH NO!!! Inertia of the absolutely massive iceberg would have compelled most of the Titanic's kinetic energy to be transferred onto the Titanic's structure, rather than further motion by both Titanic and embedded object it collided with. If it were a collision between the Titanic and a ship of comparable or lesser mass to Titanic's it would have worked as you assumed, but they would come to a collective stop hundreds of meters away from the impact point. However in a collision between the Titanic and the massive iceberg - they would have collectively moved just tens of meters away from the place of impact thereafter before coming to a complete stop. The structure of Titanic including the keel would have collapsed, seams would have opened all along the ship and she would have sunk in mere minutes taking almost all the people with her as there would be little to no time to launch any boats. https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/would-rms-titanic-have-survived-if-it-had-collided-head-on-with-the-ice-berg.html
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@Drachinifel Regardless. They did reverse but given the available distance once the iceberg had been spotted it only slowed down the ship a bit. And the iceberg was massive enough to resist the spinning momentum (in case of a hit off the center of mass) almost as well as the directional motion (center of mass hit).
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@Drachinifel I'd like to see some info on those simulations. As for instances in which ships survived head on collisions with an iceberg - it is a complex topic where size of the iceberg, size of the ship, its structural integrity including margin of safety, speed at the time of collission (to which reverse power to weight ratio, distance over which reverse is applied if any, sea conditions all play a part) and the point of impact all play a part in determining the outcome.
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