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Gah, evil maths.
I have:
L=2r*sin(l/2r) (that's a small L, not a 1)
h=r(1-cos(l/2r)) (before the cos is a 1, after is a small L)
I know L and l, and I want h in terms of these.
*mutters about nasty Engineering projects and people who are meant to be helping who don't have email at home*
I have:
L=2r*sin(l/2r) (that's a small L, not a 1)
h=r(1-cos(l/2r)) (before the cos is a 1, after is a small L)
I know L and l, and I want h in terms of these.
*mutters about nasty Engineering projects and people who are meant to be helping who don't have email at home*
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Date: 2002-03-18 05:45 am (UTC)From:I found the answer (well, the iterative formula) online, plugged that in, and it seemed to work fine.