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Article #2495Alternate cover shape [SPOILER]
From: Timothy Vaughan
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 19:43
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 19:43
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I just thought of a non-circular shape that won't fall through. I don't know what it is called, but it is the shape of the rotor in a Wankel engine. It has constant diameter, although not constant radius. It could be described nonrigorously as a "rounded triangle." I will try to derive the equation for it. Tim
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!bu.edu!buphyk.bu.edu!tvaughan From: tvaughan@buphyk.bu.edu (Timothy Vaughan) Newsgroups: rec.puzzles Subject: Alternate cover shape [SPOILER] Message-ID: <106207@bu.edu> Date: 5 Jan 93 19:43:53 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu Organization: Boston University Physics Department Lines: 7