TY - GEN
T1 - Flends
T2 - AIAA Scitech Forum, 2019
AU - Eager, Zachary D.
AU - Dannenhoffer, John F.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The methods for creating transition surfaces (e.g. fillets, chamfers, etc.), as implemented in many solid modelers, are restrictive and fragile. For example, the extent of a fillet on the two surfaces are linked and cannot be specified separately. Also, both fillets and chamfers yield curvature discontinuities where they meet the original surfaces, which is known to be sub-optimal aerodynamically. In this paper, we present more robust and flexible methods for creating transition surfaces using B-spline surfaces. These methods are solid modeler agnostic, however we’ve implemented them using the Engineering Sketch Pad (ESP).
AB - The methods for creating transition surfaces (e.g. fillets, chamfers, etc.), as implemented in many solid modelers, are restrictive and fragile. For example, the extent of a fillet on the two surfaces are linked and cannot be specified separately. Also, both fillets and chamfers yield curvature discontinuities where they meet the original surfaces, which is known to be sub-optimal aerodynamically. In this paper, we present more robust and flexible methods for creating transition surfaces using B-spline surfaces. These methods are solid modeler agnostic, however we’ve implemented them using the Engineering Sketch Pad (ESP).
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2019-1717
DO - 10.2514/6.2019-1717
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781624105784
T3 - AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum
BT - AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
Y2 - 7 January 2019 through 11 January 2019
ER -