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🥁 Kettledrum Membrane: Bessel Modes, Strike Point and Air-Loaded Pitch (2D)

Top view and cross-section of a struck circular drum head, built from its vibration modes. Set the head radius, tension, skin density, strike position, air loading and ring-out time, and see the mode shapes, the overtone ratios, the pitch and which overtones the strike excites. Bessel zeros, orthogonality and the frequency of a wave simulation are checked numerically, with four in-page numerical checks.

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Kettledrum Membrane: Bessel Modes, Strike Point and Air-Loaded Pitch (2D) ↗ Open standalone
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Top view and cross-section of a struck circular drum head, built from its vibration modes. Set the head radius, tension, skin density, strike position, air loading and ring-out time, and see the mode shapes, the overtone ratios, the pitch and which overtones the strike excites. Bessel zeros, orthogonality and the frequency of a wave simulation are checked numerically, with four in-page numerical checks.

kettledrumcircular membraneBessel functionsnormal modesair loading

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

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