Title of article :
Pipe surfaces with rational spine curve are rational Original Research Article
Author/Authors :
Wei Lü، نويسنده , , HELMUT POTTMANN، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1996
Abstract :
The envelope of the one-parameter set of congruent spheres which are centered at the points of a curve S is a pipe surface with S as spine curve. We prove that pipe surfaces with rational spine curve always admit a rational parameterization and propose an algorithm for its computation.
Keywords :
Rational surface , Rational parameterization , Pipe surface , Offset surface , Normal ringed surface , Blend surface , Pythagorean-hodograph curve
Journal title :
Computer Aided Geometric Design
Journal title :
Computer Aided Geometric Design
