Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C...
by tomatotomato37 on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @10:19AM
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I would also add those barriers seem to depend on the ship staying intact during collision. Given the immense inertia involved on the bigger ships I could just as easily see a scenario where the barrier ends up ripping through the lower hull while the rest of the ship continues forward.
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C...
by krisoft on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @02:58PM
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> easily see a scenario where the barrier ends up ripping through the lower hull while the rest of the ship continues forward
I don’t think that is likely? My intuition is that in order to stay seaworthy ships are constructed with more integrity than that.
I don’t have any hard evidence though, just that I have looked at many ship collision/allision aftermath photos and what you describe is not a failure mode I have seen so far.