Smooth Bézier Surfaces over Unstructured Quadrilateral Meshes

With a foreword by T.J.R. Hughes

Represents a step forward in Isogeometric Analysis and its applications

Provides a bridge between Finite Element Methods and Isogeometric Analysis

With a foreword by T.J.R. Hughes Represents a step forward in Isogeometric Analysis and its applications Provides a bridge between Finite Element Methods and Isogeometric Analysis

Zusammenfassung
With a foreword by T.J.R. Hughes

Represents a step forward in Isogeometric Analysis and its applications

Provides a bridge between Finite Element Methods and Isogeometric Analysis

Inhalt
Introduction.- G1-smooth Surfaces.- C1 smooth surfaces.- MDSs: quadrilateral meshes.- Global MDSs.- MDSs for a smooth boundary.- Computational examples.- Conclusions.- Two-patch geometry and the G1 construction.- Illustrations for the thin plate problem.- Mixed MDSs of degrees 4 and 5.- Technical lemmas.- Minimisation problems.- G1 is equivalent to C1.- Bibliography.- References.