Sinuosity of a streamline

get_sinuosity() is a function that computes the ratio of curvilinear length to Euclidean length for a streamline object, with a value of 1 indicating a perfectly straight streamline and larger values indicating greater curviness.

Usage

get_sinuosity(x)

Arguments

x

A streamline object.

Value

A numeric scalar \(\ge 1\).

Examples

pts <- matrix(runif(30), ncol = 3)
colnames(pts) <- c("X", "Y", "Z")
sl <- streamline(points = pts)
get_sinuosity(sl)
#> [1] 6.914767