How did a piece of ice cut through the solid steel hull of the Titanic?

Question

How did a piece of ice cut through the solid steel hull of the Titanic?

In: Physics

Answer 1

I have seen steel snap under it’s own weight. I worked at a steel fabrication plant. We were making roof trusses. We cut 14 x 120 beams in half to make tee’s 90 feet long. We sat them up on saw horses to get the camber we needed for the trusses. In the course of one night they all broke just sitting their under their own weight.