Class Catenary
A catenary is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends. The curve has a U-like shape, superficially similar in appearance to a parabola, but it is not a parabola: it is a (scaled, rotated) graph of the hyperbolic cosine.
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title | Catenary.x3d |
description | A catenary is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends. The curve has a U-like shape, superficially similar in appearance to a parabola, but it is not a parabola: it is a (scaled, rotated) graph of the hyperbolic cosine. |
creator | Don Brutzman |
created | 11 October 2016 |
modified | 25 October 2020 |
reference | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary |
reference | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenoid |
reference | Ronen Barzel, Faking Dynamics of Ropes and Springs, IEEE Computer Graphics and Animation (CG+A), May-June 1997, pp. 31-39. |
reference | http://www.ronenbarzel.org/papers/fakedyn.pdf |
subject | Catenary line shape |
warning | Under development |
identifier | https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dForAdvancedModeling/GeometricShapes/Catenary.x3d |
generator | X3D-Edit 3.3, https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit |
license | ../license.html |
This program uses the
X3D Java Scene Access Interface Library (X3DJSAIL).
It has been produced using the
X3dToJava.xslt
stylesheet
(version control)
which is used to create Java source code from an original .x3d
model.
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Constructor Summary
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionorg.web3d.x3d.jsail.Core.X3D
Provide a shallow copy of the X3D model.final void
Create and initialize the X3D model for this object.static void
Default main() method provided for test purposes, uses CommandLine to set global ConfigurationProperties for this object.
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Constructor Details
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Catenary
public Catenary()Default constructor to create this object.
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Method Details
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initialize
public final void initialize()Create and initialize the X3D model for this object. -
getX3dModel
public org.web3d.x3d.jsail.Core.X3D getX3dModel()Provide a shallow copy of the X3D model.- Returns:
- Catenary model
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main
Default main() method provided for test purposes, uses CommandLine to set global ConfigurationProperties for this object.- Parameters:
args
- array of input parameters, provided as arguments- See Also:
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