By a d-dimensional B-spline object (denoted as ), we mean a B-spline curve (d = 1), a B-spline surface (d = 2) or a B-spline volume (d = 3). By regularization of a B-spline object we mean the process of relocating the control points of such that they approximate an isometric map of its definition domain in certain directions and is shape preserving. In this paper we develop an efficient regul...

The non-local hyperbolic partial differential equations have many applications in sciences and engineering. A collocation finite element approach based on exponential cubic B-spline and quintic B-spline are presented for the numerical solution of the wave equation subject to nonlocal boundary condition. Von Neumann stability analysis is used to analyze the proposed methods. The efficiency, accu...

An algorithm is presented that constructs a C 2-continuous B-spline quaternion curve which interpolates a given sequence of unit quaternions on the rotation group SO(3). The de Casteljau type construction method of B-spline curves can be extended to generate B-spline quaternion curves Sch92]; however, the B-spline quaternion curves do not have C 2-continuity in SO(3). The authors KKS94a] recent...

Simple geometric proofs are given for the total positivity of the B-spline collocation matrix and the variation diminishing property of the B-spline representation of a spline.

We present eecient and accurate algorithms for Boolean combinations of solids composed of sculptured models. The boundary of each solid is represented as a collection of trimmed spline surfaces and a connectivity graph. Based on algorithms for trapezoidation of polygons , partitioning of polygons using polygonal chains, surface intersection of high degree spline surfaces and ray-shooting, the b...

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 ...

We introduce a new class of subdivision surfaces which generalize uniform tensor product B-spline surfaces of any bi-degree to meshes of arbitrary topology. Surprisingly , this can be done using subdivision rules that involve direct neighbors only. Consequently, our schemes are very easy to implement, regardless of degree. The famous Catmull-Clark scheme is a special case. Similarly we show tha...