Difference between revisions of "MOVING REFERENCE MODELS"

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: '''kz''' - chamber depth ratio.  
 
: '''kz''' - chamber depth ratio.  
 
* '''TF''' (translation factor) controls an overlap of successive chambers
 
* '''TF''' (translation factor) controls an overlap of successive chambers
* '''delta Fi'''  as a deviation angle (deflection angle) an angle between the local reference line and the line defining the centre of a new chamber.
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* '''φ'''  as a deviation angle (deflection angle) an angle between the local reference line and the line defining the centre of a new chamber.
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* '''β''' as a rotation angle
  
 
If all chamber scaling ratios equal each other, i.e., kx = ky = kz, a new chamber is isometric to the previous one. Any differences in chamber scaling ratios cause allometric growth of successive chambers.  
 
If all chamber scaling ratios equal each other, i.e., kx = ky = kz, a new chamber is isometric to the previous one. Any differences in chamber scaling ratios cause allometric growth of successive chambers.  

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