Encyclopedia Titanica

Iceberg Impact

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Stories and Articles

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THE ENERGY OF COLLISION
Titanicology
Samuel Halpern
It is possible to estimate the energy of the collision between the iceberg and the Titanic by modelling a ship collision with an immovable, smooth object.
MARINE FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF THE RMS TITANIC
OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition. Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.00CH37158)
William H. Garzke Jr., Dr. Timothy Foecke, Paul Matthias, David Wood
This article explores technical insights gained from Titanic wreck analysis, focusing on the structural and metallurgical factors that contributed to its sinking.
Marine Technology
William H. Garzke Jr.
The Marine Forensics Panel’s research on Titanic’s structural failure, revealing brittle steel and flawed rivets as factors in the disaster.
Titanic Research and Modeling Association
Roy Mengot
Roy Mengot challenges the accepted theories of Titanic's initial flooding and suggests that the early sighting of water was due to overflow rather than direct damage from the collision.
Marconigraph
Parks Stephenson
What caused a technological marvel like Titanic to fall so readily to a brush with a floating piece of ice.