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🌪 Dust Devil Desert — 2D Burgers Vortex, Pressure Drop and Dust Pickup

2D companion of the dust devil desert: a Burgers vortex with circulation, core radius and inflow, the swirl-speed and pressure-deficit profiles, a Bagnold-type grain pickup threshold and the dust column built by the updraft, checked against exact vortex integrals.

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Dust Devil Desert — 2D Burgers Vortex, Pressure Drop and Dust Pickup ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the dust devil desert: a Burgers vortex with circulation, core radius and inflow, the swirl-speed and pressure-deficit profiles, a Bagnold-type grain pickup threshold and the dust column built by the updraft, checked against exact vortex integrals.

Dust DevilBurgers VortexPressure DeficitDust Entrainment

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

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