I Accidentally Simulated a Whip - This is What I Learned!

[@KnowArt]

Explaining a whip has actually been on my idea-list for quite some time! Awesome video

[@MarbleScience]

Thanks! Sadly, it is one of my worst performing videos on KZbin :D Maybe it is to short for KZbin and I should convert it into a TikTok video. I saw some of your videos on TikTok. Great stuff!

[@powerxcode5333]

Same

[@marvinmarvin38]

I absolutely enjoyed this video, what a great realization and what a great story of that realization. I was also oblivious to the physics of a proper throw. Then I reflected on it to realize that we THROW punches. I practice a bit of martial arts and I tried to actually throw the punch and oh my... much more power(need more control). I actually started to understand the physics of the punch too. It's all about energy transfer. Thank you for sharing and giving me this perspective

[@leskaimlas]

Thank you so much for this video! I am currently writing a paper about falling chains, and this video was a great example of how they simulate a whip. I love Blender and did not realize you could do simulations like these, and your data visualization is so beautiful!

[@roamlog9129]

I watched many videos about whip, How it uses it's energy to break sound barrier. Never understood how the string gets upto that velocity. This simulation cleared it all. I would really love to learn how you did the simulation. Big heart❤ from an Indian subscriber.

[@MarbleScience]

Thank you :) I did the simulations with OpenMM. I uploaded the code for you: gist.github.com/TobiasLe/87cb1e1a9087ed80506eeacf5425c2cc

[@n27272]

Same, I finally understood how it works.

[@Life_42]

Thank you so much! This will be helpful in many aspects of life!

[@akshitjoshi18]

Amazing video... Really like the stuff you create

[@peterwolf8092]

Thanks a lot for your video. 😄 I really like the longer in depth videos. But this short-ish bit was very fun to watch.

[@MarbleScience]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@2teepeepictures382]

This was incredibly helpful. Thank you. I am currently writing a book, and in that book the main character is building a fantasy golem specifically designed to be able to throw objects at incredible speeds. My idea was that the golumn would have arms like bull whips except made out of stone. I had a nagging doubt in the back of my mind that the principal doesn’t actually work

[@MarbleScience]

Awesome! Glad it was helpful. Good look with your book :)

[@Dennis-hb8tw]

Yeah, ein weiteres Video und ich hab wieder was gelernt!

[@uciaok]

this is what modern ATP tennis forehand look like, the lag of forearm and and the wrist “snap” right after ball contact and pronation happen naturally then the racquet come around to the other side of the body. This is almost a myth for most tennis recreational players since everything happened so fast and whom ever try to “control” the trajectory end up failing. Your simulation gives a scientific approach and clear explanation to what happen, great work!

[@SuperTommox]

This kind of animations is amazing.

[@maiitoVA]

cool video!

[@MarbleScience]

Thanks!

[@eskimogolfer]

This is essential for Disc Golf

[@Avicenna697]

Now I understand why the squash coach said to ‘lead with the elbow’ and why power comes from the legs and the hips.

[@subinsebastien]

So, if I had to throw at maximum speed, first thing, I should move my shoulder very fast, then my elbow takes over, and then finally my wrist… amazing.

[@MarbleScience]

Yes! (I mean not that I am an expert on throwing techniques) I think you should do most work with the strong muscles in your legs and core, and then transfer that kinetic energy with a whipping motion of your arm.

[@Moe5Tavern]

Please keep making videos, the algorithm will eventually pick up in how amazing these are! The view count now is not representative of their quality. PS: Just by looking at your apartment I'm gonna guess you live in Berlin, can you confirm or deny please. 😃

[@MarbleScience]

I will! I'm just not really good at finishing projects quickly instead of exploring new stuff 🙈 I'm not living in Berlin 😋

[@Moe5Tavern]

@@MarbleScience sounds great, the time you take to put into it sure shows ik the quality of the content! haha alright, the guess was a bit wild tbh 😂 Just reminded me a lot of some of my friends' Appartments over there

[@DriesDD]

So a whip is like an 'arm' with infinite joints. I think other interesting applications are the trebuchet (one joint + a rope + a counterweight, like the thick part of a whip but on the other side of the axle) and an atlatl (a very effective spearthrowing stick, essentially an extra joint at the end of your arm).

[@MarbleScience]

A trebuchet is a great example! Thanks!

[@becausewhynot8168]

That was a great way to visualize what is happening! I wonder if your simulation would also work without gravity? as a real whip doesn't rely on gravity but instead seem to have a wave traveling through to whip? (might just be my obsession with waves coming through xD )

[@MarbleScience]

Thank you! Interesting question... I think it would. I guess I would have to move the inner most marble to get things started in that case. Maybe I can make a follow up at some point.

[@MrCloudz1]

The carnival hammer game has always been advertised as a test of strength. My body is similar to yours, but I’ve been successful at ringing the bell. Martial Arts taught me how to move my body and I noticed that I whip the hammer. This explains why I’ve been able to do it for all these years and I’m not a very strong guy. I just like science :]

[@arturbernardok]

Nice channel and video. Im trying to learn Blender with Python. How do you connect the spheres to make them behave this way?

[@JF-Gagné]

very interesting

[@CanadaWhips]

I would love to collaborate with you on this. What is the best way to contact you?

[@BeutyTruth67]

Which simulation software did you use?

[@aryalalgonullu7150]

Inner marbles slow down and transfer their kinetic energy to the outer marbles so that they could travel more, can we say this is how a wave works or somehow relate it to this, because whip motion is similar to wave motion?

[@MarbleScience]

Yes it is a lot like a wave!

[@shashankjhaa6221]

😍

[@SuperTommox]

The throwing motion is a great evolutionary skill we developed long ago. Hitting something very fast is incredibly useful. That's the reason we feel good when we hit a 3 pointer, or score a goal in football. Monkeys can't throw in the way we do.