This study aimed to accurately model, simulate, and evaluate the progressive flooding, sinking, and structural failure of the Titanic using advanced computer simulations and finite-element analysis.
At the British Inquiry into the loss of the Titanic, H&W's naval architect Edward Wilding presented a plan that he called "Flooding by Compartment." This plan was
developed to show how the Titanic would trim down by the head as individual compartments are flooded one at a time beginning with the first and working aft.
Roy Mengot challenges the accepted theories of Titanic's initial flooding and suggests that the early sighting of water was due to overflow rather than direct damage from the collision.