A fully automated canal lock cycle showing gates closing, sluices equalizing the chamber's water level with gravity flow alone, and a boat rising or falling to match the destination canal segment.
Choose Rising or Falling direction and adjust the cycle speed, then watch the phase and water-level readouts as the animation runs; pause or restart the cycle anytime.
Direction select, cycle speed slider, play/pause and reset buttons
Real lock gates rely entirely on water pressure balance for safety — they physically cannot be forced open until both sides read the same level, the same equilibrium principle animated in this simulation.
A fully automated canal lock cycle showing gates closing, sluices equalizing the chamber's water level with gravity flow alone, and a boat rising or falling to match the destination canal segment.
A fully automated canal lock cycle showing gates closing, sluices equalizing the chamber's water level with gravity flow alone, and a boat rising or falling to match the destination canal segment.
Choose Rising or Falling direction and adjust the cycle speed, then watch the phase and water-level readouts as the animation runs; pause or restart the cycle anytime.
Real lock gates rely entirely on water pressure balance for safety — they physically cannot be forced open until both sides read the same level, the same equilibrium principle animated in this simulation.