[PD] Cymatics/Chladni figures simulation

[Cesare Marilungo]

Cesare Marilungo wrote:
> Frank Barknecht wrote:
>> 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
>>   
> To me this whole idea seems rather difficult, if not impossible, to 
> implement. We are talking about interactions happening at the atomic 
> level of matter here.
>
> And it would be far more interesting to sample real cymatic figures in 
> the physical world and reuse them for synthesis or whatever.
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> Ciao,
>
> c.
>

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