Gray-Scott Model at F 0.1100, k 0.0550  

These images and movie demonstrate the behavior of the Gray-Scott reaction-diffusion system with σ=Du/Dv=2 and parameters F=0.1100, k=0.0550.

Red spots on blue grow into "bubbles" whose boundaries have surface tension; bubbles with a small number of edges shrink while others grow, until a hexagonal pattern is reached. Surface tension is notably greater here than to the immediate west, and the bubbles coalesce more quickly.

Categories: Munafo ρ; Wolfram 2-a    (glossary of terms)

                









      
decrease k
      
after 3,003 tu
after 15,015 tu

15 frames/sec.; each fr. is 1001 iter. steps = 500.5 tu; 1801 fr. total (901,400 tu)









      

      
after 55,055 tu after 225,225 tu after 900,900 tu
             decrease F
(Click on any image to magnify)

In these images:

Wavefronts and other moving objects have decreasing u values (brighter color) on the leading edge of the blue part of the moving object, and increasing u (light pastel color) on the trailing edge. This is true even for very slow-moving objects — thus, you can tell from the coloring what direction things are moving in.

''tu'' is the dimensionless unit of time, and ''lu'' the dimensionless unit of length, implicit in the equations that define the reaction-diffusion model. The grids for these simulations use Δx=1/143 lu and Δt=1/2 tu; the system is 3.2 lu wide. The simulation meets itself at the edges (periodic boundary condition); all images tile seamlessly if used as wallpaper.

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