Re: Area of an Epicycloid ???
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- Subject: [mg21397] Re: Area of an Epicycloid ???
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 02:12:30 -0500 (EST)
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Steve,
Better to use polar coordinates to find the area of the epicycloid
x[t_] = (R + r)*Cos[t] - r*Cos[(R + r)*t/r];
y[t_] = (R + r)*Sin[t] - r*Sin[(R + r)*t/r];
(* it usually helps respondents if you give expressions in Mathematica form:
for example Cos[t] not cos(t}*)
rad[t_] = Sqrt[ x[t]^2 + y[t]^2] // Simplify
Sqrt[2*r^2 + 2*r*R + R^2 - 2*r*(r + R)*Cos[(R*t)/r]]
area[R_, r_] = Integrate[rad[t]^2/2, {t, 0, 2Pi}] // Simplify
(Pi*R*(2*r^2 + 2*r*R + R^2) - r^2*(r + R)*
Sin[(2*Pi*R)/r])/R
area[1, 1]
5 Pi
Check: for very small r we would expect to get very near to the area of the
circle:
area[1, 1/1000000]
(500001000001*Pi)/500000000000
Allan
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"Guybrush Threepwood" <guybrush_ at gmx.de> wrote in message
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> hello all !
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> im just trying to calculate the area between the epicyloid curve and the
big
> circle !
> the problem is that there are some x coordinates which have 2 y values....
> so i cant just simply integrate ! maybe someone of you has a hint for me !
> Someone told me that maybe polar coordinates could be helpfull... what do
ya
> think ?
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> parameter form formula for epicycloids:
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> x(t) = (R+r) * cos (t) - r * cos ((R+r)*t / r )
> y(t) = (R+r) * sin (t) - r * sin ((R+r) *t /r )
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> thanks in advance & bye
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> Steve martins !
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