Surface Modeling and Analysis Subroutine Package

Abstract

The design of surfaces of vehicles is a lengthy and tedious process. Advances in interactive computer graphics and mathematical representation of curves and surfaces have made interactive graphics an attractive medium for design. The Surface Modeling and Analysis (SMA) program provides a set of computer subroutines for (1) calculating descriptive information about a surface and (2) manipulating data (by providing the interface between the programmer and the data structure). These routines are based upon parametric cubics and the Coons' Patch technique. A brief description of the representation is included. The SMA subroutine package was implemented on the CDC 6700 computer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0761604

Entities

People

  • David W Taylor
  • Philip M. Rosenshine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Graphics
  • Marine Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Models
  • Naval Architecture
  • Polynomials
  • Sequences
  • Simultaneous Equations
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Science.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)