Abstract In this paper, we present a new form of density based topology optimization where the design space is restricted to the B-spline space. An arbitrarily shaped design domain is embedded into a rectangular domain in which tensor-product B-splines are used to represent the density field. We show that, with proper choice of B-spline degrees and knot spans, the B-spline design space is free ...

This paper studies the merits of using knot interval notation for B-spline curves, and presents formulae in terms of knot intervals for common B-spline operations such as knot insertion, differentiation, and degree elevation. Using knot interval notation, the paper introduces MD-splines, which are B-spline-like curves that are comprised of polynomial segments of various degrees (MD stands for “...

The problem of article is cubic spline-interpolation of functions having high gradient regions. It is shown that uniform grids are inefficient to be used. In case of piecewise-uniform grids, concentrated in the boundary layer, for cubic spline interpolation are announced asymptotically exact estimates on a class of functions with an exponential boundary layer. There are obtained results showing...

We present an approach for representing digital image by using B-spline curve fittings to the segmented digital image. The image is first segmented to form isolated contours and regions. Each region’s boundary (contour) is thereafter approximated by a B-spline curve. A cubic B-spline curve is used instead of a far higher degree Bezier curve to approximate the boundary because it has a local con...

An algorithmic approach to degree reduction of interval B-spline curve is presented in this paper. The curves that are useful in geometric modeling should have a relatively smooth shape and should be intuitively connected with the path of the sequence of control points. One family of curves satisfying this requirement is represented by the B-spline curves. The four fixed Kharitonov's polynomial...

In this paper, we construct a matrix, which transforms a generalized C-Bézier basis into a generalized uniform algebraic-trigonometric B-spline (C-B-spline or UAT B-spline) basis. We also show that it is a totally positive matrix and give a normalized B-basis of the generalized UAT B-splines.  2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.