雙曲線繞其對稱軸旋轉而生成的曲面即為雙曲面。在數學里,雙曲面是一種二次曲面。
其中單葉雙曲面可以用公式表達為:
其中單葉雙曲面可以用公式表達為:
(x^2)/(a^2)+(y^2)/(b^2)-(z^2)/(c^2)=1

在現實中,許多發電廠的冷卻塔結構是單葉雙曲面形狀。由於單葉雙曲面是一種雙重直紋曲面(ruled surface) ,它可以用直的鋼梁建造。這樣,會減少風的阻力.同時,也可以用最少的材料來維持結
構的完整.
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vertices = dimension1:72 dimension2:72 u = from 0 to (2*PI) dimension1 v = from (-4) to (4) dimension2 x = cosh(v)*cos(u) z = cosh(v)*sin(u) y = sinh(v)
(2)
單葉雙曲面是一種直紋面(Ruled_surface),即它是由一族直線鋪成的曲面。直線 x=1, y=t, z=2t 繞 z 軸旋轉得到的單葉雙曲面。下面是使用直線生成單葉雙曲面的例子:
vertices = dimension1:72 dimension2:72 u = from 0 to (2*PI) dimension1 v = from (-10) to (10) dimension2 x = cos(u) - v*sin(u) z = sin(u) + v*cos(u) y = 2*v
(3)橢圓開口的隨機單葉雙曲面
vertices = dimension1:72 dimension2:72 u = from 0 to (2*PI) dimension1 v = from (-5) to (5) dimension2 a = rand2(1, 5) b = rand2(1, 5) c = rand2(1, 5) x = a*sqrt(1 + v*v)*cos(u) z = b*sqrt(1 + v*v)*sin(u) y = c*v
(4)橢圓開口的隨機單葉雙曲面,另一種寫法
vertices = D1:100 D2:100 u = from 0 to (2*PI) D1 v = from (-PI*0.45) to (PI*0.45) D2
a = rand2(1, 10) b = rand2(1, 10) c = rand2(1, 10)
x = a*sec(v)*sin(u) y = b*tan(v) z = c*sec(v)*cos(u)
(5)單葉雙曲面的上半部分
vertices = dimension1:72 dimension2:72 u = from (PI*0.05) to (PI*0.499) dimension1 v = from 0 to (2*PI) dimension2 a = rand2(1, 5) b = rand2(1, 5) c = rand2(1, 5) x = a*cosh(u)*cos(v) z = b*cosh(u)*sin(v) y = c*sinh(u)
(6)單葉雙曲面的下半部分
vertices = dimension1:72 dimension2:72 u = from (-PI*0.499) to (-PI*0.01) dimension1 v = from 0 to (2*PI) dimension2 a = rand2(1, 5) b = rand2(1, 5) c = rand2(1, 5) x = a*cosh(u)*cos(v) z = b*cosh(u)*sin(v) y = c*sinh(u)
(7)直線 隨機旋轉面
vertices = 100 u = from -10 to 10 a = rand2(-5, 5) b = rand2(-5, 5) x = u y = (x + a) + b i = rand2(-2, 2) j = rand2(-2, 2) k = rand2(-2, 2) surface_slices = 72 rotate = anchor[0, 0, 0], axis[i, j, k], angle[0, 2*PI]