angle of orientation

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angle of orientation

[′aŋ·gəl əv ‚ȯr·ē·ən′tā·shən]

(mechanics)

Of a projectile in flight, the angle between the plane determined by the axis of the projectile and the tangent to the trajectory (direction of motion), and the vertical plane including the tangent to the trajectory.

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Figures 1 and 2 have following designations: [R.sub.min]--the radius of the arc is the minimum radius which able to drive a car, [alpha]--the angle of orientation of the camera in the absolute coordinate system, measured from the axis of x.

The output of the block with a kinematic model of the mobile platform already received, are: 8--the angle of orientation of the platform in the absolute coordinate system, x, y--the coordinates of the robot in the absolute coordinate system.

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the increasing in the angle of orientation in sudden loading, results in all stresses increasing.

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Figure 6 shows the variation in the orientation parameters with the annealing temperature, in which the orientation factor (F) has a similar trend as the birefringence is apparent, while the angle of orientation ([theta]) increases with temperature.

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