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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by dweymouth on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @01:56PM (#39830776)
But in this case with slow speed, it's the massive (literally) amount of mass of the cargo ship that gives it an un-intuitively large amount of energy.
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by trilbyglens on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @02:10PM (#39830949)
8kn isn't super slow
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by rtkwe on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @02:20PM (#39831094)
It's 10 mph which is pretty slow as speeds go.
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by euroderf on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @03:00PM (#39831537)
Slow-but-irresistible force meets movable object.
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by samplatt on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @12:15AM (#39835660)
All objects are surprisingly movable when they encounter enough mass.
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by jaxson60 on Thursday March 28, 2024 @07:46AM (#39849992)
To your point, it is mass. Most people don't understand mass on water. At 1 knot the ship would do the exact same damage, topple the support and drop the bridge.
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by euroderf on Thursday March 28, 2024 @03:35PM (#39856365)
Motor control and rudder control in a momentumous frame of reference.
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by lupire on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @10:01PM (#39834969)
sqrt of 100K times weight of a car is 300 cars worth.
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