To answer some of your questions: Longitudinal Bulkheads are no solution for ships of this type and require permanently open cross connections...
I would like to thank you for a very good summary of the importance of this particular incident for the future. Let us hope that all IMO member...
I sympathise with the problem of getting to grips with all aspects of intact and damage stability of surface ships. The best starting point is to...
This ship behaved exactly as you would expect for a large passenger vessel severely holed below the waterline over something like 20% of its...
Please do not confuse the loss of cargo ships with those carrying fare-paying passengers. Until recently all SOLAS regualtions related only to...
I think you will find the energy of this impact was very similar to that of a topedo explosion and over a much longer length (due to the racking...
Evacaution of such a ship (even with a slight list/loll) with all the passengers at their alotted boat stations should take little more than 10 to...
A much simpler answer is in my post no 20 above
Unfortunately the vessel it collided with did not - it eventually capsized! Thankfully the passengers who were not already dead from the impact...
The explanation is in my post 20 above as the vessel has developed initial instability and in consequence 'lolls' initially to port and then flips...
But in the case of sea ice the salt remains trapped at the crystal boundaries to produce the equivalent of frozen slush - hence the weakness of...
I'm afraid this is incorrect as a rivetted plate is only about 80-85% as strong as a the same welded one simply because of the loss of cross...
I refer you to my post 10 on thread Simulating Costa Concordia
I cannot agree with this analysis. The long raking damage to the Titanic's hull openned it up in a very similar way to that of the Costa...
The best way to prevent progressive flooding is to ensure greater reserve buoyancy though increased freeboard and that implies full transverse...
I think you will find that for a ship of this size with as many passengers SOLAS 90 would require a '3 compartment standard'
Costa Concordia Data Hi, I am grateful that you have found a source for the Displacment of this vessel. However, I must correct the Freeboard...
