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This Demonstration shows how three connected vessels fill when they are divided by barriers that can be moved. This is how canal locks work and and is part of the reason the Titanic sank.

Contributed by: Jaime Rangel-Mondragon

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[1] Waterscape.com. "How Do Locks Work?" (2010) www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/features/how-do-locks-work.

[2] Titanic-Titanic.com. "Titanic's Watertight Compartments." (2010) www.titanic-titanic.com/titanic_watertight_compartments.shtml.

"Three Connected Vessels" from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project
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Contributed by: Jaime Rangel-Mondragon

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