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🧪 Dripping Faucet Simulation (2D)

A 2D canvas companion to the 3D faucet: a hanging drop grows, necks and pinches off under gravity vs. surface tension, then falls and splashes — with a live drip-interval history strip below the stage.

Fluid Dynamics & Aerodynamics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
2d-dripping-faucet-simulation ↗ Open standalone

This 2D companion drives the same simplified neck-pinch model as the 3D faucet — a hanging drop's area grows with flow, then a scalar neck stretch races between gravity's pull and a Laplace-like surface-tension hold until the neck detaches — but reads it through a live drip-interval bar chart instead of a rendered scene, so you can watch the rhythm of the drip tighten or loosen as you move the Flow, Tension and Gravity sliders.

⚙ Under the hood

2D canvas dripping-faucet lab: a hanging drop grows, necks and pinches off under gravity vs. surface tension, then falls and splashes, with a live drip-interval history strip.

fluid dynamicssurface tensionliquid flowneck pinch-off

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

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