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CHARTS FOR DETERMINING THE GRAVITY EFFECT OF TWO‐ AND THREE‐DIMENSIONAL BODIES BOUNDED BY ARBITRARY POLYGONS *
Author(s) -
COLLETTE B.J.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1965.tb01920.x
Subject(s) - bounded function , computation , gemology , geology , telmatology , geometry , horizontal and vertical , polygon (computer graphics) , component (thermodynamics) , gravitation , geodesy , mathematics , mathematical analysis , physics , algorithm , computer science , seismology , classical mechanics , engineering geology , tectonics , telecommunications , frame (networking) , volcanism , thermodynamics
Charts are presented for the computation of the vertical component of the attraction of horizontal laminas and of horizontal cylinders bounded by irregular w‐sided polygons. Contrary to older methods no restricting conditions are made for the directions of the sides of the polygons.