Weighted_catenary
Weighted catenary
A weighted catenary is a catenary curve, of a special form, with two constants
A weighted catenary (also flattened catenary, was defined by William Rankine as transformed catenary[1] and thus sometimes called Rankine curve[2]) is a catenary curve, but of a special form. A "regular" catenary has the equation
for a given value of a. A weighted catenary has the equation
and now two constants enter: a and b.