G 2 PLANAR CUBIC TRANSITION BETWEEN TWO CIRCLES
Authors:
Zulfiqar Habib a;
Manabu Sakai a
| Affiliation: | a Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Kagoshima, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan. |
DOI:
10.1080/0020716031000112367
Publication Frequency:
15 issues per year
Published in:
International Journal of Computer Mathematics,
Volume
80,
Issue
8
August
2003
, pages 957
- 965
Subjects:
Analysis - Mathematics;
Bioinformatics;
Computer Mathematics;
Discrete Mathematics;
Mathematical Finance;
Mathematical Logic;
Mathematical Numerical Analysis;
Systems & Computer Architecture;
Number of References: 3
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Abstract
Meek and Walton [2] have examined the shapes of G 2 planar single cubic transition S- and C-shaped curves connecting two circles. We show that use of another parameter makes their analysis more complete and easier to read. We presented a very short algorithm with less restrictive ratio of the larger to the smaller radii of the given circular arcs. It is more comfortable for practical applications. Our compact algorithm also guarantee the absence of interior curvature extrema for an S-shaped transition curve and one curvature extrema for C-shaped transition curve. Transition curves of monotonically increasing or decreasing curvature between circles also play an important role in the design of highways and railways.
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| Keywords: G 2 Transition; Cubic Splines; Spiral; Extrema; Curvature |
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