Publisher review:geodesic solves geodesic problems concerning three types of surface. GEODESIC solves geodesic problems concerning three types of surface.By using variational method(1) a right cylinder with a circular cross section(2) a right cone with a circular base(3) a sphereThe parametric expression and the length of the geodesic can be obtained. The results are displayed in 3-D plots. Generally, two curve can be obtained: one is the correct geodesic; the other is the conjugate geodesic which is longer than the correct one.r, h: geometry of the surface.surface: surface type.theta1, z1, xi1: the first ending points in local coordinatestheta2, z2, xi2: the second ending points in local coordinatesx, y, z: parametric expression of the geodesiccx,cy,cz: parametric expression of the conjugate geodesicNote:1. Symbolic Toolbox is necessary to this program for solving the constants in the parametric expression of conical or spherical geodesic Requirements: · MATLAB Release: R13 · Symbolic Math Toolbox
geodesic is a Matlab script for Mathematics scripts design by Lei Wang.
It runs on following operating system: Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris.
geodesic solves geodesic problems concerning three types of surface.
Operating system:Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris