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Lymphangion Pump: 2D Space-Time Kymograph

Interactive 2D companion to the 3D lymphangion-chain simulator: instead of an orbit-camera view of a 3D chain, this version renders the exact same stretch-triggered peristaltic pump equations as a scrolling space-time kymograph, the same technique physiologists use on real isolated lymphatic vessels to see the contraction wave travel down the chain over time.

Medicine & Biophysics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion to the 3D "Lymphangion Pump" simulator keeps the exact same governing equations — per-segment elastic and active (contractile) pressure, valve-gated inter-segment flow, and a myogenic stretch-frequency coupling — but computes and displays them independently with a genuinely 2D-native technique: a scrolling space-time kymograph, the standard way physiologists visualise a travelling contraction wave on a real isolated lymphatic vessel. Instead of orbiting a 3D chain, you watch the wave itself as a diagonal band of high pressure sweeping down the strip; turn down valve competence to see that band bleed backward as reflux, or raise the downstream pressure to see it steepen against a bigger afterload.

⚙ Under the hood

Watch the same stretch-triggered peristaltic lymphangion-chain equations as the 3D simulator rendered as a scrolling space-time kymograph -- the technique physiologists actually use on real isolated lymphatic vessels -- so the contraction wave, valve reflux and afterload strain become a directly visible, measurable traveling pattern instead of an orbit-camera scene.

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