C-B spline can not represent semi-circle and semi-elliptical arcs precisely. This paper will discuss the nature of C-B spline’s and C-Bézier curve’s endpoints. Then, on the basis of the analysis of their characteristics and by means of adding control points to make C-B spline dominate the first and last vertices of the polygon and get tangency with the first and end sides. Thus it has given out...

In this paper the line-spring model developed by Rice and Levy is used to obtain an approximate solution for a cylindrical shell containing a part-through surface crack. It is assumed that the shell contains a circumferential or axial semi-elliptic internal or external surface crack and is subjected to a uniform membrane loading or a uniform bending moment away from the crack region. To formula...