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    In physics and geometry, a catenary (US: /ˈkætənɛri/ KAT-ən-err-ee, UK: /kəˈtiːnəri/ kə-TEE-nər-ee) is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable...
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    for the technology is overhead line. It is known variously as overhead catenary, overhead contact line (OCL), overhead contact system (OCS), overhead equipment...
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  • Catenary may refer to: Catenary, a mathematical curve Catenary arch, an arch that follows a catenary curve Catenary ring, a type of mathematical ring...
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  • In mathematics, a commutative ring R is catenary if for any pair of prime ideals p, q, any two strictly increasing chains p = p0 ⊂ p1 ⊂ ... ⊂ pn = q of...
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    weighted catenary (also flattened catenary, was defined by William Rankine as transformed catenary and thus sometimes called Rankine curve) is a catenary curve...
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    A catenary arch is a type of architectural arch that follows an inverted catenary curve. The catenary curve has been employed in buildings since ancient...
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    A catenary maintenance vehicle (also known as a tower wagon or tower car) is a railroad maintenance of way vehicle that is used to maintain and inspect...
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  • A steel catenary riser (SCR) is a common method of connecting a subsea pipeline to a deepwater floating or fixed oil production platform. SCRs are used...
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    wheel can roll smoothly if the ground consists of evenly shaped inverted catenaries of the right size and curvature. A different type of square-wheeled vehicle...
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    the best shape is a catenary. A catenary, in blue, graphed against a parabola, in red Parabola (red) graphed against a catenary (blue), view to simulate...
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  • and only if it satisfies Nagata's altitude formula. (See also: #formally catenary ring below.) Precisely, a quasi-unmixed ring is a ring in which the unmixed...
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    A stressed ribbon bridge (also stress-ribbon bridge or catenary bridge) is a tension structure similar in many ways to a simple suspension bridge. The...
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  • one needs to align more than just the tangents. If the fixed curve is a catenary and the rolling curve is a line, we have: f ( t ) = t + i ( cosh ⁡ ( t...
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  • USCGC Catenary (WYTL-65606) was a cutter in the United States Coast Guard (USCG). Constructed by the Gibbs Gas Engine Company and commissioned in early...
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    A gantry (also known as a sign holder, road sign holder, sign structure or road sign structure) is a traffic sign assembly in which signs are mounted or...
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    railroads using high-voltage, alternating current, single-phase overhead catenary. It electrified its mainline between Stamford, Connecticut, and Woodlawn...
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    Strictly speaking, there were no significant alterations of the track or catenary for testing purposes. However, some sections of the line's profile had...
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    navigation aids or other equipment. A commonly used configuration is the catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM), which can be capable of handling very large...
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    series of catenary arches that it contains. These elegant arches are decorative and support the ceiling and the floor above. For Gaudí, the catenary arch was...
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    bridge, swing bridge (in New Zealand), suspended bridge, hanging bridge and catenary bridge) is a primitive type of bridge in which the deck of the bridge lies...
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    In geometry, a catenoid is a type of surface, arising by rotating a catenary curve about an axis (a surface of revolution). It is a minimal surface, meaning...
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    United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, it is the world's tallest arch and Missouri's tallest accessible...
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  • electrification done after 1919 used the same catenary supports used on the Paoli commuter line, but with the catenary being supplied with 100 kV 25 Hz "transmission"...
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    Christian Church, and in Carroll's time Pusey was known as the Patristic Catenary (or chain), after the chain of authority of Church patriarchs. As a mathematician...
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    of many linear differential equations (such as the equation defining a catenary), cubic equations, and Laplace's equation in Cartesian coordinates. Laplace's...
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    cables and a center column. Another type of suspended structure, suspended catenary, uses outer-wall concrete columns angled away from the center with a cable...
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  • A chain hanging from points forms a catenary....
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    flues outside the oven. Catenary arch kiln: Typically used for the firing of pottery using salt, these by their form (a catenary arch) tend to retain their...
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    weighted catenary) Palau Güell: Elliptical Three parabolic-looking curves in particular are of significance to the arch design: parabola itself, catenary, and...
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    metro, Gundavali station also uses 25,000 volt AC power system by overhead catenary to operate the trains. Mumbai List of Mumbai Metro stations Transport in...
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