Editing ThreeDimensionalConfigurations/ChallengesPt2 (section)

====Body Frame====

In a [[ThreeDimensionalConfigurations/RiemannTypeI#TippedPlane|an early subsection of the accompanying discussion]], we have pointed out that the intersection of each Lagrangian fluid element's tipped orbital plane with the surface of the (purple) ellipsoidal surface is given by the (unprimed) body-frame coordinates that simultaneously satisfy the expressions,
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<math>~1</math>
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<math>~=</math>
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<math>~\biggl( \frac{x}{a}\biggr)^2 + \biggl( \frac{y}{b}\biggr)^2 + \biggl( \frac{z}{c}\biggr)^2 </math>
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<td align="center">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</td>
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<math>~z</math>
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<math>~=</math>
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<math>~y \tan\theta + z_0 \, ,</math>
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where z<sub>0</sub> is the location where the tipped plane intersects the z-axis of the body frame.  Combining these two expressions, we see that an intersection between the tipped plane and the ellipsoidal surface will occur at (x, y)-coordinate pairs that satisfy what we will henceforth refer to as the,
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  <td align="center" colspan="3"><font color="maroon">'''Intersection Expression'''</font></td>
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<math>~1 - \frac{x^2}{a^2} </math>
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<math>~=</math>
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<math>~\frac{y^2}{b^2} + \biggl[ \frac{y\tan\theta + z_0}{c}\biggr]^2 </math>
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&nbsp;
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<math>~=</math>
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<math>~y^2 \biggl[\frac{c^2 + b^2\tan^2\theta}{b^2c^2} \biggr] + y \biggl[ \frac{2z_0 \tan\theta}{c^2} \biggr] + \frac{z_0^2}{c^2} \, , </math>
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as long as z<sub>0</sub> lies within the range,
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<math>~z_0^2</math>
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<math>~\le</math>
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<math>~c^2 + b^2\tan^2\theta \, .</math>
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