Pythagorean hodograph spline spirals that match Hermite data from circles

• Zhong Li ^[1] ; Rachid Ait-Haddou ^[2] ; Luc Biard ^[3]
  1. [1] Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

     Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

     China

     
  2. [2] King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

     King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

     Arabia Saudí

     
  3. [3] Université Joseph Fourier (France)

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• Localización: Journal of computational and applied mathematics, ISSN 0377-0427, Vol. 278, Nº 1 (15 April 2015), 2015, págs. 162-180
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2014.10.005
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• Resumen

  • A construction is given for a G3 piecewise rational Pythagorean hodograph convex spiral which interpolates two G3 Hermite data associated with two non-concentric circles, one being inside the other. The spiral solution is of degree 7 and is the involute of a G2 convex curve, referred to as the evolute solution, with prescribed length, and composed of two PH quartic curves. Conditions for G3 continuous contact with circles are then studied and it turns out that an ordinary cusp at each end of the evolute solution is required. Thus, geometric properties of a family of PH polynomial quartics, allowing to generate such an ordinary cusp at one end, are studied. Finally, a constructive algorithm is described with illustrative examples.