NON-UNIFORM B-SPLINE MESH FAIRING METHOD

A method for fairing the surface composed of a set of discrete data points distributed in a non-rectangular topological mesh is presented in this paper. All curves are expressed by non-uniform cubic B-spline curves. This method can minimise the elastic strain energy contained in the mesh curves as well as in a set of springs attached to the data points. The fairing surface can be generated by interpolating through the mesh curves. The generation and fairing of a ship hull surface is also given in the paper as an example.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Ship Engng, n 4, 1992, p 25 [6 p, 8 ref, 6 fig]
• Authors:
  • Rong, H
  • Chen, G
  • Zhang, Wenfen
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• Chinese

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fairing lines; Hulls; Ships; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Old TRIS Terms: Hull form; Lines fairing
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00703452
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM