Octree reinforced thin-shell rapid prototyping

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 784-787

  Lam, T W ^a   Yu, K M ^a   Cheung, K M ^a   Li, C L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Data structure; Octree; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA STRUCTURES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLIDS;

OCTREE; REINFORCED INTERIOR STRUCTURING;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0030778035     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(96)02724-0     Document Type: Article

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