nagyprism_potential

Version 1.0.0 (1.46 KB) by Jack
Forward potential gravity field modelling via the Nagy prism method
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Updated 11 Mar 2019

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A function to perform terrain contribution to the potential using the Nagy prism formula.
To calculate the terrain contribution to the potential for a prism mass
with coordinates in the x,y,z plane and
%.........................................
%................._____________(x2,y2,z2).....
%............... /!................... ./!..............
%.............../_!___________/.!..............
%...............!.!....................!..!..............
%...............!.!....................!..!..............
%...............!.!....................!..!..............
%...............!.!....................!..!..............
%...............!.!(x1,y2,z1).....!..!(x2,y2,z1)....
%...............!./...................!./...............
%(x1,y1,z1)!/___________!/(x2,y1,z1)......

with density rho; the terrain potential T is given by
T = nagyprism_potential(x1,x2,y1,y2,z1,z2,rho)

Cite As

Jack (2026). nagyprism_potential (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/70539-nagyprism_potential), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2018b
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
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Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0