🕷 Spider Web at Dawn — 2D Dew Beads, Rayleigh-Plateau Spacing and Ball-Lens Optics
2D companion of the spider web dew drops sim: Rayleigh-Plateau instability of a liquid film on a thread with growth-rate curve, bead spacing and radius from mass balance, plus an exact Snell ray trace through a water drop acting as a ball lens.
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2D companion of the spider web dew drops sim: Rayleigh-Plateau instability of a liquid film on a thread with growth-rate curve, bead spacing and radius from mass balance, plus an exact Snell ray trace through a water drop acting as a ball lens.
Dew DropsRayleigh-Plateau InstabilitySurface TensionBall Lens Optics
2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install