An optimal approach to geometric trimming of B-spline surfaces

Geometric trimming of a surface involves removal of unwanted portions of the surface and providing a new mathematical description for the trimmed patch. This entails creating a new geometry for the trimmed patch, which closely approximates the corresponding portion on the original patch. The procedu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bindiganavle, Karthik
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31767
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04192001-172731/