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🚄 Maglev Dynamics (2D): Levitation Gap & Eddy-Current Drag

2D maglev lab: closed-form electrodynamic-suspension physics — an eddy-current lift force that rises with the square of speed balanced against gravity, and a drag force that peaks at the guideway's characteristic velocity and fades at high speed.

Electromagnetism2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion drives the same electrodynamic-suspension physics as the 3D scene through a plain canvas view built for reading the forces rather than orbiting a train model: a side panel exposes coil field strength, target speed and passenger load, a live force-vs-speed graph plots the lift and drag curves predicted by the closed-form EDS equations with the current operating point marked, and a levitation-gap strip chart shows the gap settling as the train accelerates through its liftoff speed — making the physics that the 3D version only implies through an animated gap directly visible as numbers and curves instead.

⚙ Under the hood

2D maglev lab with closed-form electrodynamic-suspension lift and eddy-current drag curves, a live force-vs-speed graph and a levitation-gap strip chart updating from the underlying physics in real time.

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