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Vibration Pattern Customiser -Coasters/tiles
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DescriptionCreate infinite varieties of intricate patterns based on natural vibration behaviour. Use for making attractive coasters or tiles - look great in 2 colours!What is it?Many people will remember doing the famous “vibrating plate” experiment in physics at school. Pour sand onto a vibrating plate and watch the incredibly intricate patterns form as you change the frequency and amplitude of the vibrations. (I've added a gif of the experiment for those who haven't seen it)The pattern the sand makes on a vibrating plate are called “Chladni patterns” after the German physicist who came up with the experiment Ernst Chladni - Wikipedia. It happens as based on the resonance frequency standing wave patterns form in the plate - and the sand naturally gathers along the “nodal lines” in between the peaks and troughs of vibrations where the amplitude is zero. I've coded an OpenSCAD customiser that allows you to generate these patterns - and print them on either circular or square
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