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Algebraic Grid Generation Using Tensor Product B-Splines, Bonita Valerie Saunders
Algebraic Grid Generation Using Tensor Product B-Splines, Bonita Valerie Saunders
Mathematics & Statistics Theses & Dissertations
In general, finite difference methods are more successful if the accompanying grid has lines which are smooth and nearly orthogonal. This thesis discusses the development of an algorithm which produces such a grid when given the boundary description.
Topological considerations in structuring the grid generation mapping are discussed. In particular, this thesis examines the concept of the degree of a mapping and how it can be used to determine what requirements are necessary if a mapping is to produce a suitable grid.
The grid generation algorithm uses a mapping composed of bicubic B-splines. Boundary coefficients are chosen so that the …
Minimal Norm Constrained Interpolation, Larry Dean Irvine
Minimal Norm Constrained Interpolation, Larry Dean Irvine
Mathematics & Statistics Theses & Dissertations
In computational fluid dynamics and in CAD/CAM a physical boundary, usually known only discreetly (say, from a set of measurements), must often be approximated. An acceptable approximation must, of course, preserve the salient features of the data (convexity, concavity, etc.) In this dissertation we compute a smooth interpolant which is locally convex where the data are locally convex and is locally concave where the data are locally concave.
Such an interpolant is found by posing and solving a minimization problem. The solution is a piecewise cubic polynomial. We actually solve this problem indirectly by using the Peano kernel theorem to …