Sandpile A sandpile simulator
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Sandpile Description

This application was developed to be a sandpile simulator. The simulation illustrates the principles of how a (much simplified) sandpile behaves, when grains are added to it. The grains that are added cause the sandpile to grow higher, but it may also cause grains to fall down the sides of the pile, causing more grains to fall down, etc. etc. Even though grains are added in random locations, the pile will eventually become almost symmetric (it will become cone-shaped). The simulation was originally created to illustrate some underlying principles of why the sandpile behaves like it does (how do ava-lanches increase in size as the pile grows; how does the calculation time increase; and the like). The sandpile model used in the simulation doesn't have much to do with a real sandpile (the model is quite flat, and grains can fall uphill). However, you might like the patterns that the simulation produces as it runs (watch out you don't get hypnotized ;). Also, the model is an example of a certain kind of models, simply known as sandpile models.

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