Title
Energy formulations of A-splines
Abstract
A-splines are implicit real algebraic curves in Bernstein-Bézier (BB) form that are smooth. We develop A-spline curve models using various energy formulations, incorporating bending and stretching energy, based on the theory of elasticity. The attempt to find true energy minimizing curves usually leads to complicated integrals which can only be solved numerically, we introduce a simplified energy formulation which is much faster to compute yet still provides reasonably accurate results. Several examples for C 1 -continuous quadratic A-splines using the true and simplified energy models are then presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
1999
10.1016/S0167-8396(98)00029-6
Computer Aided Geometric Design
Keywords
Field
DocType
energy formulation,algebraic curve,energy minimization
Spline (mathematics),Topology,Curve fitting,Algebraic curve,Computer Aided Design,Quadratic equation,Bézier curve,Differential geometry,Elasticity (economics),Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
16
1
Computer Aided Geometric Design
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.53
12
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chandrajit L. Bajaj12880306.59
Jindong Chen218726.83
Robert J. Holt319335.02
Arun N. Netravali4506154.58