Meanders

Year: 2005 Authors: Paul Gailiunas

Core claim

A sine-generated intrinsic curve unifies river meanders, elastic strips, and 3-D ribbon sculptures, and can be explored computationally through turtle geometry.

Topics

river meanders, elastic curves, three-dimensional sculpture, turtle graphics

Domains

intrinsic coordinates, curvature and torsion, sine-generated curves, space curves, sculpture, ribbon forms, visualization, computer-generated art

Methods

intrinsic equation modeling, turtle graphics construction, 3-D VRML extrusion, parameter variation

Media

spring-steel, stainless steel, VRML, computer graphics

Source status

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