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🌊 Submarine Sonar Descent - 2D Sound Ray Tracing and Sound-Speed Profile

2D companion of the submarine sonar descent simulation: acoustic rays bend through a depth-dependent sound-speed profile (deep-ocean channel, thermocline, shadow zones) with travel-time graphs, checked against Snell invariance and circular-arc ray theory.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Submarine Sonar Descent - 2D Sound Ray Tracing and Sound-Speed Profile ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the submarine sonar descent simulation: acoustic rays bend through a depth-dependent sound-speed profile (deep-ocean channel, thermocline, shadow zones) with travel-time graphs, checked against Snell invariance and circular-arc ray theory.

Underwater AcousticsSonarRay TracingSOFAR Channel

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

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