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Sinking with the Titanic

2015; EDP Sciences; Volume: 46; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1051/epn/2015205

1432-1092

Franco Bagnoli,

Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies

In the Titanic movie, when the rear part of the ship is about to sink, Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) says to Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) to get ready to swim, because the sinking body will suck them into the abysses. Is this sucking phenomenon really happening? And, if so, why?