On the flexibility of Kokotsakis meshes

DOI10.1007/S10711-009-9436-4zbMATH Open1198.52016arXiv0812.3050OpenAlexW2081269918MaRDI QIDQ5961883FDOQ5961883

Oleg Karpenkov

Publication date: 16 September 2010

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we study geometric, algebraic, and computational aspects of flexibility and infinitesimal flexibility of Kokotsakis meshes. A Kokotsakis mesh is a mesh that consists of a face in the middle and a certain band of faces attached to the middle face by its perimeter. In particular any 3x3-mesh made of quadrangles is a Kokotsakis mesh. We express the infinitesimal flexibility condition in terms of Ceva and Menelaus theorems. Further we study semi-algebraic properties of the set of flexible meshes and give equations describing it. For 3x3-meshes we obtain flexibility conditions in terms of face angles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3050

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zbMATH Keywords

flexibilitymeshesKokotsakis meshinfinitesimal flexibility

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25)

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