2014-01-30

Calculating the curves of bending


These saw blade curves (seen in two previous posts: here and here) are arranged to have identical midpoint and when viewed like this, the endpoints of the curves all lie on two circles. The radius of each circle is 2/5 of the curve length, and the two circles are 1/5 of the curve length apart.
Based on this fact, I could use the Pythagorean theorem to formulate a mathematical relationship between the original length L, distance d between end points and curve height h: