// Program for calculation of a spiral on an apple surface,Jan. 21, 2011.
// file name: apple_spiral.c
#include< stdio.h>
#include< math.h>
void main(void)
{
double a,pi,c;// a is constant, pi is the Pi and c is adjustment coefficient for number of revolution of spiral.
double b;// a compression constant towards y direction
double p, q;// compression coefficients towards x and y directions respectively
double t,dt;// an intermediate variable and its increment [radian] of Cardioid before the conversion
double R;// radius of Cardioid before the conversion
double tmin,tmax;// the minimum and maximum values of the intermediate variable t [radian]
int i,imax;
double xx[20001],yy[20001],zz[20001];// Take care of the upper limit of storage memory capacitance.
FILE *fp;
// setting of the constant
pi=3.14159265;
a=1.0; // one of parameters in apple equation
b=1.2; // one of parameters in apple equation
p=0.15; // one of parameters in apple equation
q=0.08; // one of parameters in apple equation
c=50.0; // adjustment coefficient for number of revolution of spiral
// setting of the other parameters
tmin=-pi/2;
tmax=pi/2;
dt=(tmax-tmin)/400;// plotting interval of t
// execution of calculation
i=0;
for(t=tmin;t<=tmax+dt;t=t+dt)
{
i++;
R=a*(1-sin(t));
xx[i]=(R*cos(t)*exp(-p*(t-pi/2)*(t-pi/2)))*cos(c*t);
yy[i]=(R*cos(t)*exp(-p*(t-pi/2)*(t-pi/2)))*sin(c*t);
zz[i]=b*R*sin(t)*exp(-q*(t-pi/2)*(t-pi/2));
printf("i=%d,x=%f,y=%f,z=%f\n",i,xx[i],yy[i],zz[i]);
}
imax=i;
// writing the calculated coordinates data of the apple spiral into a textfile
fp=fopen("apple_spiral0.xls","w");
if(fp==NULL)
{
printf("FILE OPEN ERROR\n");
}
else
{
for(i=1;i<=imax;i++)
{
fprintf(fp,"%f,%f,%f\n",xx[i],yy[i],zz[i]);
}
fflush(fp);
fclose(fp);
}
printf("end\n");
}// the end of the program
RETURN