Channel surface
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channel-surface-198-3101397
title:
Channel surface
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In geometry and topology, a channel or canal surface is a surface formed as the envelope of a family of spheres whose centers lie on a space curve, its directrix. If the radii of the generating spheres are constant, the canal surface is called a pipe surface. Simple examples are: right circular cylinder
torus,
right circular cone,
surface of revolution, Canal surfaces play an essential role in descriptive geometry, because in case of an orthographic projection its contour curve can be drawn as t
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Surface formed from spheres centered along a curve
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_surface
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2022-06-04T06:58:02Z
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