Accession Number:
ADA263198
Title:
The Curvature of Plane Elastic Curves
Descriptive Note:
Tech Rept. Jan 1993-Mar 1993
Corporate Author:
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF MATHEMATICS
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Report Date:
1993-03-17
Pagination or Media Count:
19.0
Abstract:
In this paper plane elastic curves are revisited from a viewpoint that emphasizes curvature properties of these curves. The family of elastic curves is considered in dependence of a tension parameter Sigma and the squared global curvature maximum K2m. It is shown that for any elastic curve K2m is bigger than the tension parameter Sigma. A curvature analysis of the fundamental forms of the elastic curves is presented. A formula is established that gives the maximum turning angle of an elastica as a function depending on K2m and Sigma. Finally, it is shown that an elastic curve can be represented as a linear combination of its curvature, arc length and energy function and that any curve with this property is an elastic.... Elastic curves, Curvature analysis.
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Subject Categories:
- Numerical Mathematics