User:Hans G. Oberlack/QH 1.7189820
Shows the largest semicircle within a square.
General case
[edit]Base is the square of side length s.
The line segment has the side length of the square. So has the line segment . So the line segment has the length . So we get the equation:
(1)
The line segments , , , and have the length of the radius of the semicircle .
Since the rectangle is a square with side length . This leads to the equation:
(2)
The line segment is the diameter of the semicircle and has the length: . The line segment has length . For symmetry reasons the line segment has the same length, so . Using the Pythagorean theorem we get equation:
(3)
Applying the Pythagorean theorem to the triangle we get the equation
(4)
Using equations (3) and (4) we arrive at:
Now we use this result together with equations (1) and (2).
Segments in the general case
[edit]0) The side length of the square
1) Radius of the semicircle
Perimeters in the general case
[edit]0) Perimeter of base square
1) Perimeter of the semicircle
Areas in the general case
[edit]0) Area of the base square
1) Area of the semicircle
Centroids in the general case
[edit]Centroid positions are measured from the lower left point of the square.
0) Centroid positions of the base square:
1) Centroid positions of the semicircle: If the center of the radius of the semicircle were positioned on and the diameter were parallel to the y-axis then the centroid position would be . Since the center point is shift by distance and rotated by 45 degrees the centroids are
, since
Normalised case
[edit]In the normalised case the area of the base is set to 1.
Segments in the normalised case
[edit]0) Segment of the base square
1) Segment of the semicircle
Perimeters in the normalised case
[edit]0) Perimeter of base square
1) Perimeter of the semicircle
Areas in the normalised case
[edit]0) Area of the base square
1) Area of the semicircle
Centroids in the normalised case
[edit]Centroid positions are measured from the lower left point of the square.
0) Centroid positions of the base square:
1) Centroid positions of the semicircle: