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🍁 Falling Leaf - 2D Flutter and Tumbling Model with Added Mass

2D companion of the falling-leaves simulator: a thin falling plate with added mass, quasi-steady air forces and a moving centre of pressure that flutters or tumbles, with trajectory, angle and speed plots and an energy-balance check.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Falling Leaf - 2D Flutter and Tumbling Model with Added Mass ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the falling-leaves simulator: a thin falling plate with added mass, quasi-steady air forces and a moving centre of pressure that flutters or tumbles, with trajectory, angle and speed plots and an energy-balance check.

Falling LeafFlutter and TumblingAdded MassAerodynamicsCanvas 2D

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

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