Title
Symbolic parametrization of pipe and canal surfaces
Abstract
A canal surface S, generated by a parametrized curve m(t), in R3 is the envelope of the set of spheres with radius r(t) centered at m(t). This concept generalizes the classical offsets (for r(t) = const) of plane curves. In this paper we develop elementary symbolic methods for generating a rational parametrization of canal surfaces generated by rational curves m(t) with rational radius variation r(t). In a pipe surface r(t) is constant.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1145/345542.345631
ISSAC
Keywords
Field
DocType
rational parametrization,radius r,classical offset,rational radius variation,canal surface,rational curves m,symbolic parametrization,parametrized curve m,elementary symbolic method,pipe surface,plane curve,parametric curve,bra ket notation,notation,tensor notation
Discrete mathematics,Notation,Combinatorics,Parametrization,Bra–ket notation,SPHERES,Plane curve,Ricci calculus,Mathematics
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-218-2
3
0.46
References 
Authors
9
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Günter Landsmann1121.76
Josef Schicho2217.70
Franz Winkler3547.00
Erik Hillgarter491.27