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⛓️ Hanging Chain 3D Physics Simulation: Bessel Normal Modes, Resonance and Whirling - 3D Blender Lab

A heavy chain hangs from a shaken pivot. Tune the pivot to a normal mode and the chain resonates in the shape of a Bessel function; shake in a circle and it whirls; sweep the frequency and see the peaks line up with the zeros of J0, with the 40-bead model checked against theory.

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Hanging Chain 3D Physics Simulation: Bessel Normal Modes, Resonance and Whirling - 3D Blender Lab ↗ Open standalone
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A heavy chain hangs from a shaken pivot. Tune the pivot to a normal mode and the chain resonates in the shape of a Bessel function; shake in a circle and it whirls; sweep the frequency and see the peaks line up with the zeros of J0, with the 40-bead model checked against theory.

hanging chainBessel functionnormal modesresonancestanding waveswhirling chain3D physics simulation

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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