Converting an unstructured quadrilateral mesh to a standard T-spline surface

DOI10.1007/s00466-011-0598-1zbMath1248.65024MaRDI QIDQ416110

Thomas J. R. Hughes, Wenyan Wang, Michael A. Scott, Yongjie Jessica Zhang

Publication date: 9 May 2012

Published in: Computational Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-011-0598-1

zbMATH Keywords

algorithm; surface fitting; graphical examples; Computer Aided Design; extraordinary node; gap-free T-mesh; sharp feature; standard T-spline; T-spline surface; unstructured quadrilateral mesh

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65D07: Numerical computation using splines

65N50: Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

65M50: Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for the numerical solution of initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65D17: Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces)

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