Panama Canal

Water-locks-terrain interaction

For the expansion project of the Panama Canal, Principia analysed the seismic response of the new locks.

Apart from the deformability of the locks, the studies took into account their interaction with the water and the ground, the compressibility of the water, the radiation of energy through the ground, and other complex effects.

The figure shows the amplified distortions undergone by one of the locks studied.

Water-locks-terrain interaction