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Volcano Magma Chamber & Conduit Dynamics (2D)

2D volcano lab: Hagen-Poiseuille conduit discharge, Taylor-bubble gas-slug bursts, a Sparks/Mastin plume-height relation and the Newhall-Self VEI scale, all driven live from supply rate, conduit radius, viscosity and gas content.

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

This 2D companion drives a magma-chamber mass balance and Hagen–Poiseuille conduit discharge from the same four levers a volcanologist actually turns — supply rate, conduit radius, viscosity and gas content — rather than orbiting a decorative 3D cone: a cross-section shows the chamber pressurising, the conduit draining, and gas slugs (Taylor bubbles rising at 0.35√(gD)) periodically bursting through the vent, while a live strip chart and a Sparks/Mastin plume-height → Newhall–Self VEI readout turn every burst into a number you can watch rise and fall in real time.

⚙ Under the hood

2D volcano lab with Hagen-Poiseuille conduit discharge, Taylor-bubble gas-slug bursts, a Sparks/Mastin plume-height relation and a Newhall-Self VEI readout, driven live from supply rate, conduit radius, viscosity and gas content.

volcanomagma chamberhagen-poiseuille flowvolcanic explosivity indexgas slugplume height

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