Isophote-based ruled surface approximation of free-form surfaces and its application in NC machining

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1911-1930

  Han, Zhonglin ^a   Yang, D C H ^a   Chuang, Jui Jen ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CUTTING TOOLS; INTERPOLATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

FREE FORM SURFACES; ISOPHOTE BASED RULE SURFACE APPROXIMATION; TAPERED TOOLS; TOOL PATH GENERATION;

MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 0035878034     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540110024663     Document Type: Article

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