[PD] Cymatics/Chladni figures simulation

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
padawan12 hat gesagt: // padawan12 wrote:

> Amazing idea for a project Carl.
> 
> The way I see it you have two routes.
> 
> 1) Do a full finite element physical model of a circular lamina
> and measure the amplitude at many points on the surface. The sand
> falls into minima nodes iirc .
> 
> 2) Cheat. Create the visuals by mapping the known standing
> waves of various modes but missing out the "actually building
> a physical model" part. 

Actually approach 2) might be less cheating than approach 1) because
with a finite element simulation, maybe made with msd, your grid
topology may introduce unwanted distortions, especially with a
circular membrane. Interesting question.

Ciao
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