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🌊 Omnipresent Energy Field: 2D Wave Map

Top-down 2D map of a damped, driven wave field in which one or several sources fill the whole medium with energy: drag and add sources, switch reflecting, absorbing or periodic walls, and watch the energy density, uniformity index and total energy evolve.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

Details

CategoryPhysics & Mechanics

RenderingCanvas 2D

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsSliders for frequency, amplitude, wave speed and damping, boundary type selector (reflecting, absorbing, periodic), alternating-phase toggle, standing-mode numbers m and n, steps per frame; drag sources to move them, tap the field to add one (up to 8), tap a source to switch it on or off; presets and a pulse button.

wave equationenergy densityinterferencestanding wavesresonanceacoustics

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⚙ Under the hood

wave equationenergy densityinterferencestanding wavesresonanceacoustics

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