Side topic: Notice that the heavy Bridge Girder did not "cut" the Hull plate of the ship?
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Hull plates of Civilian Freighters are stronger then one would think. They’re meant to survive being tossed around in storms at sea and subjected to punishing force.
Not to mention the momentum of the falling Bridge was likely slowed by the stacks of Containers. And it also didn’t have that far fall in relation to hitting the ship.
As far as I was aware. The last story I was aware of wasn’t that it punctured the Hull. It apparently sheared off the rivets so panels of plating quite literally fell off/were pushed aside by the passing Iceberg. Allowing Water in. Apparently it’s believed now the builders deliberately skimped out on the Rivets and didn’t use the right ones.
The explosion was likely due to water hitting the coal fires.
Agreed. I’ve never heard the built like a modern day icebreaker thing, it was riveted, which would not be a great design for icebreaking. Only have to tear open the rivets and water will flow.
Those containers are certainly smashed and torn apart though; I suspect that helped "cushion" the girder.
Crumple zones?
It didn't cut the steel containers either...
Why would it cut them?
Well if an aluminum aircraft wing cut through the steel exoskeleton of a building, why wouldn't a steel girder do the same to a thin (relatively) steel box or hull?
If this is a serious post, velocity. If the girders of the bridge collapsed downward at 500 mph then yes, I’d expect them to have more of a “cut” but they certainly didn’t collapse at anywhere near such a speed.