Home▸Transport & Urbanism▸BRACHISTA / C–7 — Least-Time Descent Laboratory

🔬 BRACHISTA / C–7 — Least-Time Descent Laboratory

BRACHISTA C–7: interactive 3D gravity, friction and least-time track experiment.

Transport & Urbanism3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🤖 ChatGPT⇄ 2D version

⚙ Under the hood

An interactive WebGL2 laboratory that races beads along cycloid, straight and shaped tracks to explore why the cycloid is the ideal least-time curve.

WebGL2physicsbrachistochronecycloidleast timevariational mechanicsgravityfriction

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