Computes the M-index from an odf - in contrast to using a discrete number of orientations (Skemer et al., 2005). The M-index is derived from the difference between uncorrelated and uniform misorientation angle distributions
Reference Skemer, P., Katayama, I., Jiang, Z. & Karato, S.-I. (2005) The misorientation index: development of a new method for calculating the strength of latticepreferred
Recommended read: Schaeben, H., (2007) Comment on “The misorientation index: Development of a new method for calculating the strength of lattice-preferred orientation” by Philip Skemer, Ikuo Katayama, Zhenting Jiang, Shun-ichiro Karato. Tectonophysics 441, 115–117
Reference for the computational method using MTEX Mainprice, D., Bachmann, F., Hielscher, R., Schaeben, H. (2014) Descriptive tools for the analysis of texture projects with large datasets using MTEX: strength, symmetry and components. In: Faulkner, D. R., Mariani, E. & Mecklenburgh, J. (eds) Rock Deformation from Field, Experiments and Theory: A Volume in Honour of Ernie Rutter. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP409.8
Syntax
MI = calcMIndex(odf)Input
| odf | SO3Fun |
Output
| M | index |
See also
Citing this page.
This page is part of the documentation of
MTEX, a free and open
source MATLAB toolbox for analyzing and modeling crystallographic textures.
It was written by The MTEX Developers and is published at
https://mtex-toolbox.github.io/SO3Fun.calcMIndex.html.
If you use MTEX, or reuse text or figures from this page, in your research,
please cite
F. Bachmann, R. Hielscher, H. Schaeben: Texture Analysis with MTEX - Free and Open Source Software Toolbox, Solid State Phenomena 160 (2010), 63-68. 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.160.63
BibTeX
@article{bachmann2010mtex,
author = {F. Bachmann and R. Hielscher and H. Schaeben},
title = {Texture Analysis with MTEX - Free and Open Source Software Toolbox},
journal = {Solid State Phenomena},
volume = {160},
pages = {63-68},
year = {2010},
doi = {10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.160.63},
url = {https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.160.63}
}
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