Fairing cubic B-spline curves

G. Rein; N. Sapidis; A. J. Worsey

doi:10.1016/0167-8396(87)90027-6

Fairing cubic B-spline curves

G. Rein
, N. Sapidis
, A. J. Worsey

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Abstract

Algorithms are presented for locally fairing a B-spline curve in order to produce a pleasant curvature plot. The methods are based on inversions of the knot insertion algorithm for B-spline curves.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	91-103
Number of pages	13
Journal	Computer Aided Geometric Design
Volume	4
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-8396(87)90027-6
State	Published - Jul 1987
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

B-splines
curvature
knot insertion
knot removal
smoothing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Modeling and Simulation
Automotive Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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