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Smooth curve interpolation and surface construction in CAD

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posted on 2018-03-27, 12:00 authored by Nicholas A. Dickens
The widespread adoption of CAD in recent years has highlighted problems in both curve and surface representation. There is a need for algorithms to reduce the amount of data input, and for fuller understanding of the underlying mathematics. This thesis falls naturally into two parts; dealing respectively with automatic smooth curve interpolation and surface construction. [Continues.]

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Loughborough University of Technology, AID Committee. Science and Engineering Research Council and Pressed Steel Fisher Ltd. (Cowley, Oxford) (CASE studentship).

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  • Science

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  • Mathematical Sciences

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© N.A. Dickens

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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1986

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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.

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