This is not strictly related to cat sailing, but it is related to boats and water safety. Here is an interesting engineering problem. I don't claim to know the answer, but it might be interesting to see what some people with more knowledge of hydrostatics and materials science than I, would have to say.

The question is: If they had enough duct tape on the Titanic, could they have saved the ship?

Experts believe that the Titanic's wound was comprised of dozens or hundreds of small holes in a line about 25 feet below the water level. It is thought that the total area of these holes was about 12 ft^2. At this depth, the water would exert a pressure of (62 lbf/ft^3)*(25 ft) = 1550 lbf/ft^2 gauge. Would duct tape have enough tensile strength and stickiness to hold? Could mutiple layers of duct tape have overcome shortcomings in either?

D.Ho
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