a fibre ODF, symmetric about the fibre of the orientations taking a crystal direction to a specimen direction, its shape a kernel on the sphere
Syntax
odf = fibreODF(h, r)
The de la Vallee Poussin kernel of halfwidth 10 degree.
odf = fibreODF(h, r, halfwidth=15*degree)
Another halfwidth.
odf = fibreODF(h, r, psi)
The S2 kernel psi, also kernel=psi.
odf = fibreODF(h, r, ss)
The specimen frame named.
odf = fibreODF(f, weights=w)
From a fibre f, one weight per fibre.
Description
The ODF is SO3FunCBF, the kernel of the angle between g h and r, the weights normalised to a mean of one. Several crystal and specimen directions give several fibres.
Input
h |
Miller, the crystal directions, or a fibre |
r |
vector3d, the specimen directions |
args |
specimenFrame and an S2Kernel |
Keywords
| keyword | default | description |
|---|---|---|
kernel |
None |
S2Kernel, the shape; by default the de la Vallee Poussin kernel |
halfwidth |
None |
the halfwidth of the default kernel, 10 degree unless given |
weights |
None |
one weight per fibre |
Output
odf |
SO3FunCBF |
Example
Construct a cubic <001> fibre texture about specimen Z and display its {001} and {111} pole figures. The halfwidth is explicit and no data file is needed.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mtex import crystalFrame, Miller, vector3d, fibreODF, degree, plotPF, mtexColorbar
cs = crystalFrame('m-3m')
h = Miller(0, 0, 1, cs, 'uvw')
odf = fibreODF(h, vector3d.Z, halfwidth=10*degree)
print('ODF mean:', round(float(odf.mean()), 6))
plotPF(odf, [Miller(0, 0, 1, cs), Miller(1, 1, 1, cs)], antipodal=True, resolution=5*degree)
mtexColorbar(title='Pole density (mrd)')
plt.show()
The fibre aligns a crystal direction with a specimen direction while allowing rotation around it. The ODF has mean one over orientation space. Central peaks and rings in the pole figures reflect that rotational freedom; a unimodalODF instead centres on one full orientation.
ODF mean: 1.0

See also
unimodalODF, uniformODF, FourierODF, BinghamODF, SO3FunCBF, FibreODFs
Used on
OrientationFibre, ClusterDemo, OptimalKernel, BinghamODFs, EulerAngleSections, FibreODFs, ODFCharacteristics, ODFExport, ODFInversePoleFigure, ODFPlot, ODFPoleFigure, RandomSampling
MATLAB’s fibreODF
source
Citing this page.
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It was written by The MTEX Developers and is published at
https://mtex-toolbox.github.io/fibreODF_py.html.
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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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