Thermosyphon Foundation Cooling: 2D Ground Grid & Time Series
Interactive 2D simulator of passive thermosyphon foundations on thawing permafrost: watch a 6x6 ground-temperature heatmap, a foundation elevation cross-section and a scrolling air/ground temperature time series respond to climate warming, thermosyphon coverage and soil ice content.
As permafrost warms, buildings founded directly on frozen ground face thaw settlement, where ice-rich soil loses volume and load-bearing strength as it crosses 0°C. This 2D companion drops the 3D isometric scene entirely and instead renders the same 6×6-column relaxation model — including the latent-heat-buffered thaw physics and the passive, one-way thermosyphon cooling loop — as three native 2D views: a colour-mapped temperature heatmap of the soil grid, a side elevation showing the building sinking and tilting as its corner piles thaw, and a scrolling time-series graph of air, whole-grid and pile temperatures that makes the latent-heat plateau near 0°C directly visible as a flattening curve. Push the climate warmer, strip away thermosyphon coverage, or reduce ground ice content, and watch all three views respond together in real time.
Interactive 2D simulator of passive thermosyphon foundations on thawing permafrost: watch a 6x6 ground-temperature heatmap, a foundation elevation cross-section and a scrolling air/ground temperature time series respond to climate warming, thermosyphon coverage and soil ice content.
2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install