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Monday, March 29, 2021

THE HAPPENING WORLD: Suez Canal Update

Using Units Calculator, I worked out the kinetic energy of the ship as it struck the bank of the canal.

    (220000 tons) * (1/2) * ((13 knots) ^ 2) = 4.463259 gigajoule
    (220000 tons) * (1/2) * ((13 knots) ^ 2) = 1.0667445 ton tnt

No wonder it's difficult to drag back out.

Posted at March 29, 2021 11:32