Prism (pygeoid.simple.prism)

class pygeoid.simple.prism.Prism(bounds, density=1.0)

External gravitational field of the right rectangular prism.

Parameters:

• bounds ((x1, x2, y1, y2, z1, z2), floats) – West, east, south, north, top and bottom of the prism, in metres.

• density (float) – Density of the prism, in kg/m**3.

Notes

The formulas from Nagy et al.[1]_ are used in this class.

References

[1]

Nagy, D., Papp, G. and Benedek, J., 2000. The gravitational potential

and its derivatives for the prism. Journal of Geodesy, 74(7-8), pp.552-560.

property density

Return density value.

gravitation(x, y, z)

Return gravitation value.

invariants(x, y, z)

Return invariants of the gradient tensor.

tensor(x, y, z)

Return gradient tensor.