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🌀 Whirlpool Vortex — 2D Rankine Flow with Draining Tracers

2D companion of the 3D whirlpool: a Rankine vortex (solid-body core, irrotational outside) with a line sink, hundreds of RK4 tracers, the measured speed profile, the free-surface depression from Bernoulli, and three numerical checks.

Fluid Dynamics & Aerodynamics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Whirlpool Vortex — 2D Rankine Flow with Draining Tracers ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the 3D whirlpool: a Rankine vortex (solid-body core, irrotational outside) with a line sink, hundreds of RK4 tracers, the measured speed profile, the free-surface depression from Bernoulli, and three numerical checks.

WhirlpoolRankine VortexAngular MomentumCirculationFree Surface

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

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