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A second-order algorithm for curve orthogonal projection onto parametric surface

Hai-Yin Xu, Xiongbing Fang, Hon-Yuen Tam, Xiaofeng Wu, Li'an Hu

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    Abstract

    Repeated use of point projection to find the projection of a curve on a surface is rather inefficient as the iteration procedures in point projection is typically slow. A novel curve projection scheme is proposed for computing the orthogonal projection of a progenitor curve onto a parametric surface. Under this scheme, the projection curve is parameterized using the parameter of the progenitor curve. Differential geometric characteristics of the projection curve are analysed. A marching method with error adjustment is used to calculate the projection curve. Several examples are presented and comparisons are made to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)98-111
    JournalInternational Journal of Computer Mathematics
    Volume89
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2012

    Research Keywords

    • curve projection
    • error adjustment
    • marching
    • parametric surface
    • Taylor approximation

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