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Tuesday, 1 July 2014

My first simulation


I'm learning to use the FLASH hydrodynamics code to simulate galaxies. I'm starting with a deliberately silly test - a uniform density cylinder moving in a dense medium. It stops moving almost immediately and then a bunch of funky fluid-stuff happens. Rendered in Blender.

1 comment:

  1. Ron Fischer says that looks suspiciously like an Orion pusher plate

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