Plane Curves - Conic Sections

Prepared By:, Dr. Karthick K, Mr. T. Sankaramoorthy, Mr. Arun Kumar S and Mr. K. Vinoth Kumar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Learning Objectives

• Define ellipse, parabola and hyperbola

• State geometrical properties of the plane curves

• Construct ellipse, parabola and hyperbola using different

methods.

• Draw tangent and normal at any point on the above curves.

• Give few practical applications.

Prepared By:, Dr. Karthick K, Mr. T. Sankaramoorthy, Mr. Arun Kumar S and Mr. K. Vinoth Kumar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Need for the study
• Construction of arches and bridges.

• Gland and stuffing box manufacture.

• Fabrication of light and sound reflectors.

Prepared By:, Dr. Karthick K, Mr. T. Sankaramoorthy, Mr. Arun Kumar S and Mr. K. Vinoth Kumar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Conic Section
 Conic sections are the curves obtained by the
intersection of a right circular cone by a plane at
different angles

Prepared By:, Dr. Karthick K, Mr. T. Sankaramoorthy, Mr. Arun Kumar S and Mr. K. Vinoth Kumar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Eccentricity

 The fixed point is known as focus and the fixed straight

line the directrix.

 The ratio between distance from the focus to distance

from the directrix is known as eccentricity

Prepared By:, Dr. Karthick K, Mr. T. Sankaramoorthy, Mr. Arun Kumar S and Mr. K. Vinoth Kumar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ellipse
 An ellipse is defined as a plane curve which is the locus of a point
moving in such a way that the sum of its distance from two fixed
points in the plane always a constant.

 if e < 1, then it is called as ellipse.

 Applications:

Prepared By:, Dr. Karthick K, Mr. T. Sankaramoorthy, Mr. Arun Kumar S and Mr. K. Vinoth Kumar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Parabola
 Parabola is defined as a plane curve which is the locus of a point
moving in such a way that its distance from a fixed point, the focus, is
always equal to its distance from a fixed straight line, the directrix.

 if e=1, then it is called as Parabola.

 Applications:

Prepared By:, Dr. Karthick K, Mr. T. Sankaramoorthy, Mr. Arun Kumar S and Mr. K. Vinoth Kumar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Hyperbola
 Hyperbola is defined as a plane curve which is the locus of a
point moving in such a way that the difference between its
distance from the two fixed points called foci, is a constant.

 If e>1, then it is called Hyperbola.

 Applications:

Prepared By:, Dr. Karthick K, Mr. T. Sankaramoorthy, Mr. Arun Kumar S and Mr. K. Vinoth Kumar
Department of Mechanical Engineering