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Squaricle


Squaricle

A squaricle is a creased D-form constructed by joining the boundaries of a disk and a square with equal perimeters (Sharp 2005, p. 123). It is a spatial surface and should not be confused with the planar squircle.

For a disk of radius r, the square has side length pir/2, so the total surface area is

 S=(pi+(pi^2)/4)r^2.
(1)

The symmetric construction consists of four generalized cone patches from the disk, four generalized cylinder patches from the square, and a central planar square (Sharp 2005, p. 123). Its height above the planar base is

 h=sqrt(1-(pi^2)/(16))r=0.6189908924...r.
(2)

Each of its four radial creases has length r, and the joining seam has length 2pir. The Gaussian curvature vanishes on the smooth patch interiors. An elementary piecewise parametrization gives the enclosed volume

V=(4/9+((5pi^2-32)sqrt(16-pi^2))/(288))r^3
(3)
=0.5935870503...r^3.
(4)

See also

D-Form, Squircle

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References

Sharp, J. "D-Forms and Developable Surfaces." In Renaissance Banff: Mathematics, Music, Art, Culture (Ed. R. Sarhangi and R. V. Moody). Winfield, KS: Bridges Conference, pp. 121-128, 2005. https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2005/bridges2005-121.html.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Squaricle." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Squaricle.html

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