of m points while providing the user a high level of control over the frequency content of the resulting curve. Specifically, the algorithm views the tangential angle of the curve as a function of the arc-length, filters it as such, and adds a small analytic perturbation so that the curve passes through the input data. If the number of nodes in the initial discretization is n, the entire scheme...

of m points while providing the user a high level of control over the frequency content of the resulting curve. Specifically, the algorithm views the tangential angle of the curve as a function of the arc-length, filters it as such, and adds a small analytic perturbation so that the curve passes through the input data. If the number of nodes in the initial discretization is n, the entire scheme...

In this paper, we present arc-length estimations for quadratic rational Bézier curves using the length of polygon and distance between both end points. Our arc-length estimations coincide with the arc-length of the quadratic rational Bézier curve exactly when the weight w is 0, 1 and∞. We show that for all w > 0 our estimations are strictly increasing with respect to w. Moreover, we find the pa...

In this paper we enumerate k-noncrossing RNA pseudoknot structures with given minimum arc-and stack-length. That is, we study the numbers of RNA pseudoknot structures with arc-length ≥ 3, stack-length ≥ σ and in which there are at most k − 1 mutually crossing bonds, denoted by T [3] k,σ (n). In particular we prove that the numbers of 3, 4 and 5-noncrossing RNA structures with arc-length ≥ 3 and...

In geometric design, it is often useful to be able to give an arc length reparametrization for NURBS curves, that keeps the curve a NURBS too. Since parametric rational curves, except for straight lines, cannot be parametrized by arc length, we developed a numerical method of approximating the arc length parametrization function. In this way it was possible to obtain a good parametrization of a...

By minimizing the total potential energy function and deploying the virtual work principle, a higher-order stiffness matrix is achieved. This new tangent stiffness matrix is used to solve the frame with geometric nonlinear behavior. Since authors’ formulation takes into account the higher-order terms of the strain vector, the convergence speed of the solution process will increase. In fac...

Parametric curves are frequently used in computer animation and virtual environments to control the movements of synthetic objects. In many of these applications it is essential to efficiently relate parameter values to the arc length of the curve. Current approaches to compute arc length or to construct an arc-length parameterized curve are impractical to use in real-time applications. This pa...