Abstract
In this paper, we introduce original definitions of Smarandache ruled surfaces according to Frenet-Serret frame of a curve in . It concerns TN-Smarandache ruled surface, TB-Smarandache ruled surface, and NB-Smarandache ruled surface. We investigate theorems that give necessary and sufficient conditions for those special ruled surfaces to be developable and minimal. Furthermore, we present examples with illustrations.
1. Introduction
In differential geometry of curves and surfaces [1–3], a ruled surface defines the set of a family of straight lines depending on a parameter. The straight lines mentioned are the rulings of the ruled surface. The general parametric representation of a ruled surface is where is a curve through which all rulings pass; it is called the base curve of the surface; the vector defines the ruling direction.
It is well known that ruled surfaces are of great interest to many applications and have contributed in several areas, such as mathematical physics, kinematics, and Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD).
Ruled surfaces have been studied differently by an important number of researchers. In [4], the authors constructed the ruled surface whose rulings are constant linear combinations of alternative moving frame vectors of its base curve; they studied the ruled surface properties, characterize it, and presented examples with illustrations in the case of general helices [5] and slant helices [6] as base curves. In [7], the authors constructed the ruled surface whose rulings are constant linear combinations of Darboux frame vectors of a regular curve lying on a regular surface of reference in . Their point of interest was to make a comparative study between the two surfaces (the regular surface of reference and the new constructed ruled surface) along their common curve. Also, they investigated properties of the constructed ruled surface. Moreover, they gave examples with illustrations.
The notions of developability and minimalist are two of the most important properties of surfaces.
The ruled surfaces with vanishing Gaussian curvature, which can be transformed into the plane without any deformation and distortion, are called developable surfaces; they form a relatively small subset that contains cylinders, cones, and the tangent surfaces [8–10].
A minimal surface is a surface that locally minimizes its area. It is referred to the fixed boundary curve of a surface area that is minimal with respect to other surfaces with the same boundary. This is equivalent to having zero mean curvature [11–13].
In curve theory, Smarandache curves are one of the special innovated curves that were introduced at the first time in Minkowski space-time by authors in [14]. It is about curves whose position vectors are composed by Frenet-Serret frame vectors on another regular curve. In [15–17], we can find several research works about Smarandache curves according to different frames such as the Frenet-Serret frame, Bishop frame, and Darboux frame in Euclidean and Minkowski spaces.
The motivation of this work is inspired by ruled surface and Smarandache curve. We are eager to introduce new definitions that combine those two important notions and study their properties. We are also opening up opportunities to perceive future works that are relative to applications in differential geometry, physics, and medical science.
In this paper, we are interested in ruled surfaces generated by Smarandache curves according to the Frenet-Serret frame. Indeed, we construct and introduce original definitions of three special ruled surfaces generated by TN-Smarandache curve, TB-Smarandache curve, and NB-Smarandache curve according to the Frenet-Serret frame of an arbitrary regular curve in . We investigate theorems that give us necessary and sufficient conditions for those three ruled surfaces to be developable and minimal. Finally, we give examples with illustrations.
2. Preliminaries
In the Euclidean 3-space , we consider the usual metric given by where () is a rectangular coordinate system of .
A curve is said to be of unit speed (or parameterized by the arc length) if for any . For such curves, there is a frame which is called the Frenet-Serret frame, where , , and are the unit tangent, the principal normal, and the binormal vector of the curve, respectively. The Frenet-Serret formulae of is given by where are the curvature and the torsion functions of and they are given by and , respectively [2].
Definition 1 (see [18]). TN-Smarandache curves according to the Frenet-Serret frame of the curve are given by
Definition 2 (see [18]). TB-Smarandache curves according to the Frenet-Serret frame of the curve are given by
Definition 3 (see [18]). NB-Smarandache curves according to the Frenet-Serret frame of the curve are given by
Let be a ruled surface in .
Let is denote by the unit normal on ruled surface at a regular point ; we have
where and .
Definition 4 (see [19]). The distribution parameter of ruled surface is given by
Definition 5 (see [19]). A ruled surface is developable if its distribution parameter vanishes.
The first I and the second II fundamental forms of ruled surface at a regular point are defined, respectively, by
where , and .
Definition 6. The Gaussian curvature and the mean curvature of ruled surface at a regular point are given, respectively, by
Proposition 7 (see [19]). A ruled surface is developable if and only if its Gaussian curvature vanishes.
Proposition 8 (see [19]). A regular surface is minimal if and only if its mean curvature vanishes.
3. Smarandache Ruled Surfaces according to Frenet-Serret Frame of a Regular Curve in
In a first step, we start our section by giving the following new definitions of Smarandache ruled surfaces according to the Frenet-Serret frame of a curve in .
Definition 9. Let be the class differentiable unit speed curve whose Frenet-Serret apparatus is in . The ruled surfaces generated by Smarandache curves according to Frenet-Serret of are as follows: These ruled surfaces are called TN-Smarandache ruled surface, TB-Smarandache ruled surface, and NB-Smarandache ruled surface, according to the Frenet-Serret frame of the curve , respectively.
Following of this section, we investigate theorems that give necessary and sufficient conditions for Smarandache ruled surfaces (Equation (10)) to be developable and minimal. Also, we present an example with illustration for each Smarandache ruled surface.
Theorem 10. The TN-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10) is developable if and only if is a plane curve.
Theorem 11. The TN-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10) is minimal if and only if the curvature and the torsion of the curve satisfy the equation .
Proof. Differentiating the first line of Equation (10) with respect to and , respectively, we get The crossproduct of these two vectors gives the normal vector on the TN-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10): So under regularity condition, the unit normal takes the form Making the norms for Equation (13), we get the components of the first fundamental form of the TN-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10), at regular points, as follows: Differentiating Equation (13) with respect to and , respectively, we get Hence, from Equations (16) and (20), we get the components of the second fundamental form of the TN-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10), at regular points, as follows: From Equations (17) and (23), we get the Gaussian curvature and the mean curvature of the TN-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10), at regular points, as follows: which replies to both the above theorems.
Example 12. Let us consider the regular plane curve . The TN-Smarandache ruled surface according to the Frenet-Serret frame of the curve is given by It is developable but not minimal at its regular points. Figure 1 is the illustration of Equation (27) drawn for .
Theorem 13. The TB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10) is developable.
Theorem 14. The TB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10) is minimal if and only if the curve is a general helix.
Proof. Differentiating the second line of Equation (10) with respect to and , respectively, we get which implies that the normal vector on the TB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10) is So under regularity condition, the unit normal is given by Making the norms for Equation (28), we get the components of the first fundamental form of the TB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10), at regular points: Differentiating Equation (28) with respect to and , respectively, we get Hence, from Equations (31) and (35), we get the components of the second fundamental form of the TB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10) at regular points: From Equations (32) and (38), we get the Gaussian curvature and the mean curvature of the TB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10), at regular points, as follows: which replies to both the above theorems.
Corollary 15. If is a general helix, the TB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10) is developable and minimal.
Example 16. Here, we chose the regular curve as a general helix. Then, the TB-Smarandache ruled surface according to the Frenet-Serret frame of is It is developable and minimal at its regular points. Figure 2 is the illustration of Equation (42) drawn for .
Theorem 17. The NB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10) is developable if and only if is a plane curve.
Theorem 18. The NB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10) is minimal if and only if the curvature and the torsion of the curve satisfy the equation
Proof. Differentiating the third line of Equation (10) with respect to and , respectively, we get Realizing the crossproduct of those two vectors, we get the normal vector on the NB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10): So under regularity condition, the unit normal takes the form Making the norms for Equation (44), we get the components of the first fundamental form of the NB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10), at regular points, as follows: Differentiating Equation (44) with respect to and , respectively, we get Hence, from Equations (47) and (51), we get the components of the second fundamental form of the NB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10), at regular points, as follows: From Equations (48) and (54), we get the Gaussian curvature and the mean curvature of the NB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10), at regular points, as follows: which replies to both the above theorems.
Corollary 19. If the NB-Smarandache ruled surface of Equation (10) is developable, it is minimal.
Example 20. Let us consider the plane curve . Thus, the NB-Smarandache ruled surface according to the Frenet-Serret frame of is parametrized by It is developable and minimal. Figure 3 is the illustration of Equation (58) which is drawn for .
4. Conclusion
The main results of the present work assure the following: (i)The TN-Smarandache ruled surface according to the Frenet-Serret frame is developable (resp., minimal) if is a plane curve (resp., and , satisfy special equation)(ii)The NB-Smarandache ruled surface according to the Frenet-Serret frame is developable (resp., minimal) if is a plane curve (resp., and , satisfy special equation)(iii)The investigated theorems prove that developability and minimality conditions of the introduced Smarandache ruled surfaces according to the Frenet-Serret frame are related to differential properties of the reference curve. Therefore, we can easily constate that to construct a developable Smarandache ruled surface or a minimal Smarandache ruled surface according to the Frenet-Serret frame, we just need to make the right choice for the reference curve
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