Kinematic measure of segments lying in a domain

Abstract

The paper proves a formula for calculation of the kinematic measure K(D, l) of set of segments with constant length l, entirely contained in a bounded convex domainDof the Euclidean space. The obtained formula permits to find an explicit form for the kinematic measure K(D, l) for the domains D with known chord length distribution. In particular, application of the obtained formula gives explicit expressions for K(D, l) in the disc, regular triangle, rectangle and regular pentagon.