Orientation-dependent chord length distribution in a convex quadrilateral (Q6193812)

Given a convex body \(K\) and a unit vector \(u\) in \({\mathbb R}^n\), let \(y\) be a uniform random point in the orthogonal projection of \(K\) to \(u^\perp\) and let \(L_1(K\cap (y+{\mathbb R}u))\) be the length of the intersection of \(K\) with the subspace spanned by \(u\) and translated by \(y\). The distribution function of this random variable is known as an orientation-dependent chord length distribution function (ODCLD) for the given direction. The present paper provides explicitly the ODCLD of a general closed convex quadrilateral in \({\mathbb R}^2\). The result is in terms of certain parameters of the quadrilateral (here called orientation-dependent diameters and supplementary measures), which are also computed explicitly. Consequences are a formula for the covariogram of a quadrilateral and OCDLD and covariogram of a convex quadrilateral prism.