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💧 Liquid Jet Breakup Lab: Rayleigh–Plateau Instability, Drop Size & Satellites

A stroboscopic lab bench: a thin liquid jet leaves a glass nozzle, a piezo vibrator ripples it and surface tension pinches it into drops and satellite droplets. Choose the liquid, nozzle radius, speed, drive frequency and amplitude, freeze the jet with the strobe and compare the measured breakup length, drop size and satellites with Rayleigh and Weber theory. Solves the Eggers-Dupont 1-D equations in a Web Worker; includes grid study, seeded ensemble, a Run check table with independent numbers, exports and an honest model-limits panel.

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A stroboscopic lab bench: a thin liquid jet leaves a glass nozzle, a piezo vibrator ripples it and surface tension pinches it into drops and satellite droplets. Choose the liquid, nozzle radius, speed, drive frequency and amplitude, freeze the jet with the strobe and compare the measured breakup length, drop size and satellites with Rayleigh and Weber theory. Solves the Eggers-Dupont 1-D equations in a Web Worker; includes grid study, seeded ensemble, a Run check table with independent numbers, exports and an honest model-limits panel.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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