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Flood Evacuation for an ice age

Built for researchers prototyping or validating an idea. Prototype fast, reproduce exactly, and share a citable, interactive version of your model. Simulate an ice age live below — adjust the inputs and watch it respond, right in your browser.

Groundwater Well DrawdownLive

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Pumping a well lowers the water table into a cone of depression. Under the Thiem steady-state solution the drawdown is s(r) = Q/(2πT)·ln(R/r): more pumping deepens the cone, higher transmissivity flattens it. Fundamental to well design, water supply, and contaminant capture.

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Drawdown at well4.7 m
Drawdown at 50 m1.47 m
Radius of influence500 m

Governing equation

Reading this result: Drawdown is Q/(2πT)·ln(R/r): here it is about 4.7 m at the well and falls off logarithmically, so most of the depression sits in the first tens of metres.

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Building Evacuation / EgressLive

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Occupants head for the nearest exit while pushing apart in crowds, so bottlenecks and congestion form at doorways — the effect that drives real egress times. Add or remove exits to see how total clearance time responds. Planning aid only.

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Evacuated0 / 150
Clear time0.0 s
Exits2

Social-force velocity

Reading this result: Around 75 per exit — congestion starts to build at the doors, and adding an exit usually helps more than speeding people up.

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Is this good for researchers?
Yes — this version of "Flood Evacuation for an ice age" is framed for researchers prototyping or validating an idea. Prototype fast, reproduce exactly, and share a citable, interactive version of your model.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It runs in any modern browser, free, with no account required.