g.sphere {ReacTran}R Documentation

Surface Area and Volume of Geometrical Objects

Description

Usage


g.sphere(x)
g.spheroid (x, b=1)
g.cylinder (x, L=1)

Arguments

x the radius
b the ratio of long/short radius of the spheroid; if b<1: the spheroid is oblate.
L the length of the cylinder

Value

A list containing:

surf the surface area
vol the volume

Author(s)

Filip Meysman <f.meysman@nioo.knaw.nl>, Karline Soetaert <k.soetaert@nioo.knaw.nl>

Examples


 mf <- par(mfrow=c(3,2))
 x <- seq(from=0,to=1,length=10)
 plot(x, g.sphere(x)$surf,main="sphere surface")
 plot(x, g.sphere(x)$vol,main="sphere volume")
 plot(x, g.spheroid(x,b=0.5)$surf,main="spheroid surface")
 plot(x, g.spheroid(x,b=0.5)$vol,main="spheroid volume")
 plot(x, g.cylinder(x,L=1)$surf,main="cylinder surface")
 plot(x, g.cylinder(x,L=1)$vol,main="cylinder volume")
 par("mfrow"=mf)

[Package ReacTran version 1.2 Index]