plane section


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Noun1.plane section - (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solidplane section - (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
surface area, expanse, area - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
cross section - a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
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For the bonded shear wall, the ductility' calculation is based on the plane section assumption and the deformation coordination assumption between reinforcement and concrete.
Denote by K([pi]) or K(U [and] V) the sectional curvature of M associated with a plane section [pi] [subset.bar] [T.sub.p]M, where {U, V} is an orthonormal basis of [pi].
Caption: Figure 5: A coronal plane section of the model coated with HA coating
If k = n then [[PI].sub.n] = [T.sub.p] (M), and if k = 2 then [[PI].sub.2] is a plane section of [T.sub.p] (M).
Based on the assumption of the plane section, the sections resistance at t moment is [4,14]
For the plane section [e.sub.i] [conjunction] [e.sub.j] of the tangent bundle TM spanned by the vectors [e.sub.i] and [e.sub.j] ([e.sub.i] [not equal to] [e.sub.j]) the scalar curvature of M is defined by [kappa] = [[summation].sup.n.sub.i,j=1] K([e.sub.i] [conjunction] [e.sub.j]), where K denotes the sectional curvature of M.
a plane section normal on the spindle axis before deformation remains plane without keeping perpendicularity
The intersection of K with a two-dimensional flat [alpha] is a plane convex body (plane section) that will be denoted by [K.sub.[alpha]].
If k = n then [[PI].sub.n] = [T.sub.p]M; and if k = 2 then [[PI].sub.2] is a plane section of [T.sub.p]M.
The example presented herein introduces the possibility to design the EBG only on a limited plane section, to be freely laid out where it is more appropriate without affecting other system functionalities.