Physics

Physics simulators for mechanics, circuits, waves, and oscillation. See the equations come to life.

Mechanics & Motion

  • Beam Deflection Calculator — Calculate deflection, bending moment, and shear force for cantilever and simply supported beams
  • Kinematics (SUVAT) Calculator — Solve the SUVAT equations of motion for constant acceleration. Enter any 3 of displacement, initial velocity, final velocity, acceleration, and time to find the other 2.
  • Momentum & Collision Lab — Simulate 1D cart collisions to explore conservation of momentum, kinetic energy changes, and the coefficient of restitution.
  • Newton's Second Law (F=ma) Simulator — Push a block with friction and an optional incline, and watch Newton's laws play out: net force, F=ma, and a full free-body diagram, animated live.
  • Projectile Drag/Wind Simulator — Projectile motion with air drag and wind.
  • Projectile Motion Simulator — Simulate projectile motion with launch speed, angle, and launch height. See range, time of flight, and max height live.
  • Roller Coaster Energy Simulator — See kinetic and potential energy exchange on a customisable roller coaster track

Oscillations, Waves & Optics

  • Chaos Bouncing Balls Lab — Many-ball gravity and collision sandbox with twin-run divergence tracking.
  • Circular Motion Lab — Visualise centripetal force, centripetal acceleration, angular/tangential velocity, period, and frequency.
  • Doppler Effect Simulator — Visualize the Doppler shift with moving source wavefronts, Mach cones, and frequency calculations.
  • Double Pendulum Explorer — Interactive double pendulum chaos simulation.
  • Hooke's Law & Spring Lab — Explore force, displacement, potential energy, oscillation, and combinations of springs.
  • Lens and Imaging Studio — Move object and lens parameters to see real/virtual image formation with principal rays and lens equation updates.
  • SHM Resonance Lab — Explore mass-spring-damper dynamics with time response, phase portrait, and resonance curve.
  • Signal Sampling & Nyquist Theorem — Visualise the Nyquist theorem: see how sampling rate affects signal reconstruction and aliasing
  • Simple Pendulum / SHM — Simulate a simple pendulum with adjustable length, gravity, and initial angle. See period, frequency, and max velocity update live with a swinging animation.
  • Snell's Law Refraction Simulator — Visualize light refraction at a boundary with adjustable refractive indices and total internal reflection.
  • Standing Waves Explorer — Visualize standing waves with adjustable harmonic number, boundary conditions, and animated nodes/antinodes.
  • Thin Lens Ray Tracer — Trace rays through converging and diverging lenses with real-time image position and magnification.
  • Wave Interference / Two-Source — Explore two-source wave interference with adjustable wavelength, source separation, and fringe order in a live 2D pattern.

Thermodynamics

Electricity, Magnetism & Circuits

  • Electric Field Visualiser — Place point charges and see field lines, vectors, and equipotential contours
  • Inverse Square Law Explorer — See how gravity, light intensity, and electric force all decay as 1/r² — a geometric consequence of spreading over a sphere.
  • Ohm's Law Calculator — Solve V = IR for voltage, current, or resistance. Instant results with full formula.
  • RC Circuit Simulator — Visualize capacitor charging and discharging curves with adjustable R, C, and V₀.
  • RLC Resonance Analyser — Explore series RLC circuit resonance, Q factor, impedance, and frequency response
  • Smith Chart & RF Black Magic Lab — Interactive Smith Chart tool for RF impedance matching, reflection coefficient visualization, and understanding microwave black magic

Control Systems & Modern Physics

Other Tools

  • Bode/Nyquist Control Lab — Explore gain, damping, and natural frequency with live Bode and Nyquist plots and stability margins.
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