Watertight compartments: Structural design patterns to the rescue
When trying to find a simile that I can use as an example, I thought about a ship's structure used for damage control purposes to increase stability. Floodability is reduced by dividing the volume of the hull into watertight compartments with decks and bulkheads.<br> If a ship's hull is divided into watertight compartments, any flooding resulting from a breach of the hull can be contained in the compartments where the flooding occurs, avoiding the disaster.<br> Obviously, this is a good measure but isn't enough with that alone, we always must take care about everything.<br> Remember Titanic, folks
Jan 26 2016