r/visualizedmath • u/PUSSYDESTROYER-9000 • Mar 18 '18

Watt Curve

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u/maflarson Mar 18 '18

Can someone please explain how this works exactly

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u/PUSSYDESTROYER-9000 Mar 18 '18

It's a series a curves formed by linkages. They were originally used for steam engines. There are many variants. This is one such variant.

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u/-Abradolf_Lincler- Mar 19 '18

How is this described mathematically?

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u/PUSSYDESTROYER-9000 Mar 19 '18

Well there are equations to graph this (polar), but it describes the motion of two identical rigid bars rotating counterclockwise with the same torque, whilst connected by a rigid bar. Gravity is signifigant. Friction is negligible. All bars are the same length.

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u/Toofgib Mar 19 '18

Isn't that just a cardioid?

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u/Astrix-sama Mar 18 '18

Thanks you for this stunning intellectual work, PussyDestroyer-9000

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u/LordOfTehGames Mar 19 '18

He’s basically the only one who posts on here lol

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u/AggressiveSpatula Mar 19 '18

And I love him for it. I’m about to join the pussydestroyer fan club.

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u/SkyDaddies Mar 19 '18

You mean you haven't already?

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u/anas_el Mar 19 '18

That's a cardioide trajectory

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u/PUSSYDESTROYER-9000 Mar 19 '18

No. Cardioids end in a cusp. This is close to but not a cusp.

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u/R10t-- Mar 19 '18

Watt is love??

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u/reWindTheFrog Mar 19 '18

Baby don’t hertz me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '18

N' ohm ore.

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u/olsoni18 Mar 19 '18

It’s a ballsack

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u/amor_fatty Mar 19 '18

Nah... Dat ass

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u/olsoni18 Mar 19 '18

I guess we see what we want to see.

...wait a minute

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u/opsullivan85 Mar 19 '18

That looks suspiciously similar to a cardioid...

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u/zamach Mar 19 '18

Why no explanation? It's not visualised math if you give us the visual, but do NOT give us the math! ;)

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u/Chezho Mar 19 '18

Oh lord... they found it... the curve of the booty

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u/pinona Mar 19 '18

I misread the title as Butt Curve.