Point-line distance under Riemannian metrics

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 0923041-0923047

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Ting, Kwun Lon ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Incompletely specified displacements; Point line displacement; Point line distance; Riemannian metrics

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; GEOMETRY;

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; INCOMPLETELY SPECIFIED DISPLACEMENTS; LINE POSITIONS; MEASURES OF DISTANCE; MINIMUMS DISTANCE; POINT-LINE DISPLACEMENT; POINT-LINE DISTANCE; RIEMANNIAN METRICS; RIGID BODY DISPLACEMENT; SCREW AXIS;

RIGID STRUCTURES;

EID: 77955219781     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2943301     Document Type: Article

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