Interactive three-dimensional simulations & visualizations

Visualizing the beauty in physics and mathematics

Project maintained by zhendrikse Hosted on GitHub Pages — Theme by mattgraham

Our daily environment


If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent. — Isaac Newton.


Flocking birds & seashells


Flocking birds
Simulation of a flock of birds: "Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together" — John Webster
Conchoid
"What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.” — Isaac Newton.

Modelling rain


Raindrops
"There are holes in the sky. Where the rain gets in. But they're ever so small. That's why the rain is thin" — Spike Milligan.
Waves caused by falling raindrops
A finite element simulation of raindrops falling in a pond.

Phyllotaxis and variations in daylight


Phyllotaxis
Phyllotaxis like this shows up in the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower.
Daylight variations
A not accurate to scale sun-earth-moon model, but very detailed and instructive! It's main goal is visualizing the change in day length during the course of a year.

Fern and tree as fractals


Fern
"I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape — almost fractal. — Jack Dorsey
Tree
"People looks at trees, and they think it comes out of the ground, that plants come out of the ground. — Richard Feynman in "Biology of a tree".

Snowflake & parachute jump


Snowflake
"To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold." — Aristotle
Parachute
A numeric model that simulates a parachute jump.

Water sprinkler & overhead power lines


Water sprinkler
A model of a water sprinkler, based on the original article and code in Modelling a spinning Sprinkler by Rhett Allain.
Overhead power lines
Modelling a catenary shape, based on the original video by Rhett Allain.


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