Like thixotropic, only different.
The ships don’t liquify, the cargo does. . .yet another symptom of the deterioration of our education system. This is not just shoddy grammar, it is shoddy thinking.
Of course when this article first appeared, it had a stock photo of a CONTAINER ship. To which, of course, this article doesn’t even apply.
I just can’t stand the mainstream media. Sorry, for going off thread. It is interesting.
Solid cargo magically liquefying? Color me skeptical.
Edmund Fitzgerald?
Friction between dry particles at rest is higher than particles in sliding contact. Once solid materials are set in motion, continuance of the motion requires much less effort to sustain.
Water introduced under pressure of ground motion into consolidated particles, can exert sufficient pressure to separate the grains, eliminating the friction which previously held particles immobile.