Yes - Titanic probably could have survived an impact with the iceberg if she hit head-on! The wild stories of other ships - like the Arizona, Grampian, Florida and many more demonstrate how ships behave when they hit icebergs - and it may not happen the way that you expect!
Here is 'The Mechanics of Ship Collisions' by Zhang;
https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/5436875/Zhang.pdf
Other papers that support this;
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245448008_Crushing_of_Ship_Bows_In_Head-On_Collision
https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/77770
https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/crushing-of-ship-bows-in-head-on-collision
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