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Where the curvature is convex in oneprincipaldirectionbut concave in the other, like a saddle, the point is classified as anticlastic ('oppositely curved').
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By determining the 'principaldirection' of the data, the 'dominating' information is extracted first.
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In this situation, the singleprincipaldirectionof the diffusion tensor is not an appropriate model for the local diffusion distribution.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At such points the normal curvature in all directions are equal, hence, both principal curvatures are equal, and every tangent vector is a "principaldirection".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shelves of wood or concrete are fitted below the embrasures in theprincipaldirection.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A related notion is a curvature line, which is a curve always tangent to aprincipaldirection.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Principaldirectionis the direction of the principal curvatures.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The trace can be seen as the sum of the components of compliance displacements along the principal directions.
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Umbilics can also be characterised by the pattern of theprincipaldirectionvector field around the umbilic which typically form one of three configurations: star, lemon, and lemonstar (or monstar).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It models concrete considering concrete stresses in principal directions summed with reinforcing stresses assumed to be only axial.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each arm is aligned on the property so that each end faces one of the principal directions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the limit this curve will form an ellipse aligned with the principal directions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The eigenvalues correspond to the principal curvatures of the surface and the eigenvectors are the corresponding principal directions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A collection of orthonormal eigenvectors are called the principal directions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Alternatively, we can consider the case of proportional loading when the principal directions of strain remain constant.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Straight movements are in one of eight directions for either plane, as in the eight principal directions of a compass.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In these figures, the red curves are the lines of curvature for one family of principal directions, and the blue curves for the other.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The theorem establishes the existence of principal curvatures and associated "principal directions" which give the directions in which the surface curves the most and the least.
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