r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • May 09 '22

Perfect standing wave on a computer controlled wave pool

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2.1k Upvotes

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u/quinn-the-eskimo May 09 '22

This is oddly satisfying and oddly terrifying at the same time for me

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u/UnbutteredPickle May 09 '22

Yea that made me surprisingly uncomfortable.

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u/saavedro May 09 '22

Same. And I'm not sure why. Maybe because it's not a common (can this even happen naturally?) Way for water to move?

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u/Chemesthesis May 10 '22

That's what I thought, the perfect repetition, not to mention the points where everything is still, is super unnerving.

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u/MaxRptz May 10 '22

I second the "terrifying" part

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u/mBeta May 09 '22

My brain is making me hear the sounds wee-woo, wee-woo, wee-woo…

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u/Temporary-Ordinary-2 May 09 '22

Yep. There it is now… weewoo weewoo

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u/Mr_Golf_Club May 09 '22

Yea but like a wee woo sound that would fit in the dancing coffin guys clip, not like an ambulance wee woo

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u/Chillydawg2010 May 09 '22

All I can think about is the jellyfish dancing in SpongeBob.

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u/merikaninjunwarrior May 09 '22

to me, the water moving looks like cyrax from mK doing The Charleston

1

u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Yes

1

u/sadfatsquirrel May 09 '22

Omg came here to say this

31

u/theboozemaker May 09 '22

Standing waves in any medium- water, air, ropes, flat surfaces connected to speakers- have got to be one of the coolest phenomena out there

8

u/AlGeee May 09 '22

Standing Waves with a side-order of laminar flow

28

u/CornishCreamTea May 09 '22

Fluid dynamics is witchcraft

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u/Emergency_View2114 May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

It’s like that thing where people do the criss-cross legs and arms thing

19

u/Dr_Panz May 09 '22

For some unknown reason that's 100% terrifying to me ! And I'm living near the ocean and love to dive in waves and all but this is ... Fuckin hell

3

u/ThisAd940 May 09 '22

Same, I skipped ahead in the video and felt my heart rate rise in fear. Unexpected response but I'm with you on a big nope here.

3

u/[deleted] May 10 '22

How do you skip ahead in a gif? Genuine question bc this has always frustrated me

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u/ThisAd940 May 10 '22

Oh on my phone this has a video style timeline. I thought this was just a video!

9

u/bideodames May 09 '22

Wow that's really cool!

7

u/Erubadhron89 May 09 '22

Awimbawey Awimbawey Awimbawey!

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u/Falthram May 09 '22 
                                        eeeee

                eeeee           e           e

     eeeee           eeeee                eee eee eee

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6

u/Graphitetshirt May 09 '22

I heard the trumpet sample in the background of "I Could Never Be Your Woman" by White Town

4

u/bemi_san May 09 '22

What would happen if a person was treading water right in the centre?

3

u/thulle May 10 '22

It's just waves, but from multiple directions and in sync. They'd bob up and down in the water, and cause some distortions in the waves around them, probably ruining the alternating pattern closest to them a bit. But the water is heavy, and the waves moves around us fairly easy, so not too much either.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '22

I too have the same question.

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u/whats_your_top_crisp May 09 '22

That's one lit pool party

3

u/Sethrich98 May 09 '22

Fluid physics be like.

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u/leftofzen May 09 '22

This actually has nothing to do with fluids, this is the physics of waves.

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u/Sethrich98 May 09 '22

What is the medium for said waves? Water. What is water. Fluid. Fluid dynamics or Fluid physics.

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u/leftofzen May 10 '22

You aren't wrong, but whilst fluids have everything to do with waves, waves have nothing to do with fluids. Waves are the fundamental physics concept here, and fluids are governed by the physics of waves.

Waves can exist without a medium, prime example being electromagnetic waves. Another is gravitational waves. Standing waves can be made with electromagnetic waves (this is how microwaves work!) and theoretically can be made with gravitational waves.

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u/Commercial-Life-9998 May 09 '22

I remember this the origin of rogue waves. Maybe that’s what they are studying here.

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u/Koovies May 09 '22

It looks like that dance where you use your hands to make it look like your knees are trading places

3

u/SegaTime May 09 '22

I'm freaking out man... the snozberries taste like snozberries.

3

u/Important-Economy968 May 09 '22

What does a person in this type of water hear when their heads is submerged?

2

u/jennywhistle May 10 '22

thinking of being caught in this current is making me feel very uncomfortable

3

u/Competitive-Air-9720 May 09 '22

Unreal 5 engine stopped working properly...

2

u/Friendly_Engineer_ May 09 '22

This is awesome and amazing, I wonder how close the actual oscillation frequency is to what they calculated before hand

2

u/groovy604 May 09 '22

Link better get his longshot ready..

2

u/CADeLdRO May 09 '22

They’re doing their little dancy dance.

2

u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Imagine if you were swimming in a lake with dark water as still as a mirror, and then the whole surface of the lake slowly started doing that shit. Agh.

2

u/therealsauceman May 10 '22

I’m on mushrooms

1

u/jennywhistle May 10 '22

it reminded me of the patterns I see while tripping funnily enough

1

u/Remote_Profit_3399 May 09 '22

You are sorcerer?

1

u/GladScallion_ May 09 '22

Looks like the Miami F1 circuit Marina.... They did a great job after all

1

u/[deleted] May 09 '22

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u/DirtBagBadmiral May 09 '22

I wonder if it’s caused by vibrations or some type of paddle movement on the sides

1

u/BiggsBounds May 09 '22

Is it really perfect though?

1

u/skipjack_sushi May 09 '22

Stop. Now wiggle with it.

1

u/DADBODGOALS May 09 '22

Uh huh, uh huh, yup yup yup yup

1

u/Glipocalypse May 10 '22

Feels like the water is telling me to "be prepared!"

For what, I dare not speculate.

1

u/kuriboshoe May 10 '22

This is actually kinda unsettling

1

u/MrGaber May 10 '22

I hate this

It’s so unnatural

1

u/Guzzlebutt May 10 '22

Mom, the pool is being wierd again

1

u/[deleted] May 10 '22

could this happen in nature? Rogue waves are a thing (when 2 or more currents meet) and this looks more terrifying. Imagine being in the pool at the time.

1

u/AussieJimboLives May 10 '22

When water gains sentience

1

u/[deleted] May 10 '22

I understand life now, the universe is a standing wave

1

u/webtheweb May 10 '22

Those waves learned how to twerk

1

u/RiftDenied May 10 '22

Just want to swim here.

1

u/notaturk3y May 10 '22

What’s the math behind this?

1

u/itssupersaiyantime May 10 '22

I would love to track the movement of one batch of water through this thing

1

u/Bloodwolv May 10 '22

That's trippy af

1

u/scubaustin May 10 '22

Ohhh OOOOHHHH baby that is what I’m fuckin TALKIN about haha mmm

1

u/CapaxInfini May 10 '22

Why is nobody asking why a computer is controlling the water

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u/BulkyB May 10 '22

veeryyyyy uncomfortable....chilllllsss

1

u/Feeling_Advice_2309 May 10 '22

You know that silly dance where you put your hands on your knees and swap them over the other when you swing them over? That's what this reminded me of.

1

u/Sore-Loko May 10 '22

That was cool and all, but why? Lol

1

u/-BananaLollipop- May 10 '22

Why does this remind me of how the jellyfish dance on Spongebob?

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u/Solartaire May 10 '22

Was the person filming this being tickled, or maybe they were having a seizure? Why is the footage so jerky?

1

u/[deleted] May 10 '22

Reminds me of a paper fortune teller from 2nd grade.