Unduloid (onduloid)

In geometry, an unduloid, or onduloid, is a surface with constant nonzero mean curvature obtained as a surface of revolution of an elliptic catenary: that is, by rolling an ellipse along a fixed line, tracing the focus, and revolving the resulting curve around the line. In 1841 Delaunay proved that the only surfaces of revolution with constant mean curvature were the surfaces obtained by rotating the roulettes of the conics. These are the plane, cylinder, sphere, the catenoid, the unduloid and nodoid.

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Geomeetrias on unduloid või onduloid pind, mille keskmine kõverus on sama nullist erinev
arv pinna igas punktis.

See pind saadakse järgmiselt: fikseeritakse üks sirge s ning ellipsi üks
fookustest. Nüüd pannakse ellips mööda sirget s veerema ning jäädvustatakse fikseeritud
fookuse poolt läbitud trajektoor, milleks on teatav kõver (elliptiline aheljoon - inglise keeles
„elliptic catenary“.

See kõver pannakse lõpuks ümb