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Title: Three-dimensional texture visualization approaches: theoretical analysis and examples

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Crystallography (Online)

Crystallographic textures are commonly represented in terms of Euler angle triplets and contour plots of planar sections through Euler space. In this paper, the basic theory is provided for the creation of alternative orientation representations using three-dimensional visualizations. The use of homochoric, cubochoric, Rodrigues and stereographic orientation representations is discussed, and illustrations are provided of fundamental zones for all rotational point-group symmetries. A connection is made to the more traditional Euler space representations. An extensive set of three-dimensional visualizations in both standard and anaglyph movies is available.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
NA0002910
OSTI ID:
1536587
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Crystallography (Online), Vol. 50, Issue 2; ISSN 1600-5767
Publisher:
International Union of Crystallography
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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