2.1.4. geom_fromOsteonGeometry

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Purpose

Generate a geometry file of an osteon enclosing the Harvesian canal and separated by interstitial tissue. The osteon phase is lamellar with a twisted plywood structure. Its fiber orientation is oscillating by +/- amplitude within one period.

Usage

> geom_fromOsteonGeometry options option(s)] [Geom file 

Options

-g / =--grid=[ 512 512 ]

a,b grid of hexahedral box

-s / =--size=[ 0.0003 0.0003 ]

x,y size of hexahedral box

-c / --canal [ 2.5e-05 ]

Haversian canal radius

-o / --osteon [ 0.0001 ]

horizontal osteon radius

-l / --lamella [ 5e-06 ]

lamella width

-a / --amplitude [ 60 ]

amplitude of twisted plywood wiggle in deg

--aspect [ 1.0 ]

vertical/horizontal osteon aspect ratio

-w / --omega [ 0.0 ]

rotation angle around normal of osteon

--homogenization [ 1 ]

homogenization index to be used

--crystallite [ 1 ]

crystallite index to be used

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Examples

> geom_Osteon -2 --size 1 1 --canal 0.1 --osteon 0.35 --lamella 0.02 --aspect 0.4 --omega 70 > osteon.geom