INTERACTIVE WAVE-MATTER INSTRUMENT
CYMATICS VISUALIZER
Explore standing-wave pattern formation across fluids, granular media, plates, and clearly marked speculative visual modes.
LIVE FIELDSCIENTIFIC
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Frequency512.00 Hz
Amplitude0.72 a.u.
Wavelength2.93 cm
Nodes est.18
Mode (m,n)(4, 3)
Phase0.00 rad
Energy index0.52
MediumWater
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Grounded controls + marked experimentsEffects
Physical / interpretive
Experimental
May produce deliberately non-physical results.
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MUTED ON LOADAudio
Audio starts muted. Keep playback at a comfortable level, especially during sweeps and high-frequency laboratory mode.
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Presets
Cultural and popular demonstrations are visual explorations, not evidence for extraordinary frequency claims.
LIVE INSTRUMENTATION
Signal Analysis
Waveform Scope
20 ms window08
Client-side exports · no account requiredCapture & Reporting
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Open PDFMethodological Note
Selected academic foundation
- Faraday, M. (1831). On a peculiar class of acoustical figures. Philosophical Transactions, 121, 299–340. DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1831.0018.
- Perlin, M., & Schultz, W. W. (2000). Capillary effects on surface waves. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 32, 241–274. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.32.1.241.
- Javidinejad, A. (2013). Vibration modal solutions of the elastic circular membrane using Fourier-Bessel series. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 43(1), 19–26. DOI: 10.2478/jtam-2013-0002.
- Kovacic, I., & Kanovic, Z. (2023). Chladni plate in anechoic chamber. Symmetry, 15, 1748. DOI: 10.3390/sym15091748.
Core display model
The circular stage uses a reduced Fourier-Bessel field with medium-dependent visual scaling:
u(r,θ,t) = Σ Aᵢ Jₘ(kᵢr) cos[m(θ−θᵢ)+φᵢ] sin(ωᵢt+φᵢ)
Rectangular and square stages use separable sine modes, while local excitation points add damped radial contributions. The display is an educational reduced-order model, not a full Navier-Stokes or finite-element solver.
Interpretive limits
Patterns are generated from reduced modal and interference models. Frequency-to-pattern mapping depends on vessel dimensions, boundary conditions, drive geometry, material depth, temperature, viscosity, surface tension, and calibration. Cinematic and speculative modes intentionally prioritize visual exploration over physical prediction.
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NO DATABASELocal Comments
REPRODUCIBILITY
Every pattern is a parameter set.
The visual state can be exported as JSON with oscillator, medium, geometry, effect, and excitation-point parameters. Scientific mode keeps speculative transforms visibly classified and disabled by default.