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🌋 Lava Flow Model

Model lava as a Bingham plastic fluid flowing over 3D terrain. Tune yield stress, viscosity, effusion rate, slope and cooling to grow lobes, channels, levees and a solidifying thermal crust.

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⚙ Under the hood

Model lava as a Bingham plastic fluid flowing over 3D terrain, forming lobes, channels and levees as a cooling thermal crust insulates and finally stalls the flow.

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