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Re:Ten Minute Physics by lossolo on Friday December 09, 2022 @07:00PM (#33928162)
Have you seen RealFlow? I was having fun with their fluid physics simulator a few years ago, it's really good.

https://realflow.com/

Re:Ten Minute Physics by modeless on Friday December 09, 2022 @07:04PM (#33928200)
It looks cool, but I find that there's a characteristic "blobby" look to these simulations, especially visible in mostly flat parts or whenever thin sheets of liquid form and break apart. I imagine that increased resolution can mitigate it but the cost eventually becomes prohibitive even for offline simulation so people settle for "good enough". And I think foam/bubbles are usually kind of hacky (when present at all) rather than being simulated in a principled way.