Chladni Plate

standing-wave modes of a square plate, driven by what it hears

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Plate 20 Grains 16k Settle 55 Manual

Nodal lines solve cos(nπx)cos(mπy) − cos(mπx)cos(nπy) = 0 — the free-edge square plate. Grains are agitated in proportion to local displacement, so they random-walk away from antinodes and accumulate where the plate is still. Pitch is mapped to a mode by f ∝ m²+n²; the Plate slider sets the constant, i.e. how big and stiff the plate is.

Live at the Bienal: EXP13 · Cimática com Máquinas, CETECH foyer, 3–7 Aug 2026 — this plate alongside the nodal-set gallery and the sound machines.
Principia Orthogona · totogt.github.io/geometry
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