vectorOrthogonalPair

Below is a demonstration of the features of the vectorOrthogonalPair function

Contents

clear; close all; clc;

Syntax

[a,d]=vectorOrthogonalPair(f);

Description

Based on the input vector f this function generates the normalized output vectors a and d which are orthogonal to eachother and to f. This function can be useful for describing local element axis systems based e.g. in FEBio (whereby the input vector defaults to e3).

Examples

Example 1: Creating a triplet of mutually orthogonal vectors

Creating example vectors

P=eye(3,3); %Vector origins
V=euler2DCM([0.25*pi 0.25*pi 0.25*pi]); %Input Vectors, rotated directions
% V=eye(3,3); %Input Vectors, x,y,z axes

Compute mutually orthogonal sets using vectorOrthogonalPair

[a,d]=vectorOrthogonalPair(V);

Visualize the sets

cFigure;
title('Visualized vectors sets, input vectors=transparent, orthogonal=non-transparent');
quiverVec(P,V,2,'b','none',1,0.2);
quiverVec(P,a,1,'r','none',1,1);
quiverVec(P,d,1,'g','none',1,1);
% quiverVec(P,d,1,'k','none',1,1);
axisGeom;
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drawnow;

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