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Sector of an Ellipse

  • ellipse sector 4ellipse catenary curve 1Ellipse sector (a two-dimensional figure) is a part of the interior of an ellipse having two radius boundries and an arc.
  • Sector is a fraction of the area of a ellipse with a radius on each side and an edge.
  • Major axis is always the longest axis in an ellipse.
  • Minor axis is always the shortest axis in an ellipse.
  • Semi-major axis is half of the longest axis of an ellipse.
  • Semi-minor axis is half of the shortest axis of an ellipse..

 

 

Area Sector of an Ellipse formula

\( A_{area} \;=\; \dfrac{a \cdot b}{2} \cdot \left( {\theta - atan\left[  \dfrac{  a - b \cdot sin(2\cdot \theta_1)  }{  a + b + \left(a - b\right) \cdot cos(2\cdot \theta_2)  } \right]  +  atan\left[  \dfrac{  a - b \cdot sin(2\cdot \theta_1)  }{  a + b + \left(a - b\right) \cdot cos(2\cdot \theta_2)  } \right]  }   \right)  \) 
Symbol English Metric
\( A_{area} \) = area \( in^2 \)  \( mm^2 \) 
\( \theta \) = angle \( deg\) \( rad \)
\( \theta_1 \) = angle \( deg \) \( rad \)
\( \theta_2 \) = angle \( deg \) \( rad \)
\( a \) = semi-major axis \( in \) \( mm \)
\( b \) = semi-minor axis \( in \) \( mm \)

 

Radius Sector of an Ellipse formula

\( j \;=\; \sqrt{  \dfrac{ a^2\cdot b^2 }{ a^2\cdot sin^2 (\theta_1) + b^2\cdot cos^2 (\theta_2 )  }  } \) 

\( k \;=\; \sqrt{  \dfrac{  a^2\cdot b^2 }{ a^2\cdot sin^2 (\theta_2) + b^2\cdot cos^2 (\theta_1)  }  }\) 

Symbol cdotEnglish Metric
\( j \) = radius \( in \) \( mm \)
\( k \) = radius \( in \) \( mm \)
\( \theta_1 \) = angle \( deg \) \( rad \)
\( \theta_2 \) = angle \( deg \) \( rad \)
\( a \) = semi-major axis \( in \) \( mm \)
\( b \) = semi-minor axis \( in \) \( mm \)

 

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