Tetrahedron (EntityTopic, 18)

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Revision as of 10:36, 7 November 2008


A tetrahedron is a special case of a pyramid where the base is a triangle.

Equations

  • Variables:
l ⇒ length of edges of tetrahedron
  • All points (x, y, z) that lie on the surface of a tetrahedron will satisfy the following equations:
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  • All points (x, y, z) that lie on the edges of a tetrahedron will satisfy the following equations:
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total edge length = 6l
surface area = sqrt(3)l2
volume = 12-1sqrt(2)l3
  • The perpendicular height h of a tetrahedron is given by:
h = 3-1sqrt(6)l
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Use

Tetrahedral cells are found in these tetrashapes on FGwiki:


Notable Trishapes
Regular: tetrahedroncubeoctahedrondodecahedronicosahedron
Direct truncates: tetrahedral truncatecubic truncateoctahedral truncatedodecahedral truncateicosahedral truncate
Mesotruncates: stauromesohedronstauroperihedronstauropantohedronrhodomesohedronrhodoperihedronrhodopantohedron
Snubs: snub staurohedronsnub rhodohedron
Curved: spheretoruscylinderconefrustumcrind

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