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🌉 Tower Bridge Bascule: Counterweight Torque and Ship Clearance (2D)

2D Canvas bascule bridge lab: leaf and counterweight torque, hydraulic drive with a power limit, the opening angle a tall ship needs from clearance geometry, and the road queue cost, with three in-page numerical checks.

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⚙ Under the hood

Interactive 2D bascule bridge: leaf and counterweight torque, a hydraulic drive with a power limit, the opening angle each ship needs from clearance geometry and the road queue cost of every lift, with in-page numerical checks.

Bascule BridgeCounterweightTorqueShip ClearanceTraffic Queue

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install