Automatic triangular mesh generation scheme for curved surfaces

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-208

  Anastasiou, K ^a   Chan, C T ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic generation; B zier patches; Curved surface; Triangular mesh

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACES;

AUTOMATIC GENERATION; BEZIER PATCHES; CURVED SURFACES; DISCRETIZATION; INTERIOR NODES; TRIANGULAR MESH;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0030106739     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199603)12:3<197::AID-CNM972>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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