Computational geometry
Master
In Maynard (USA)
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Engineering Institute of Technology
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Description
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Master
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Maynard (USA)
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Topics in surface modeling: b-splines, non-uniform rational b-splines, physically based deformable surfaces, sweeps and generalized cylinders, offsets, blending and filleting surfaces. Non-linear solvers and intersection problems. Solid modeling: constructive solid geometry, boundary representation, non-manifold and mixed-dimension boundary representation models, octrees. Robustness of geometric computations. Interval methods. Finite and boundary element discretization methods for continuum mechanics problems. Scientific visualization. Variational geometry. Tolerances. Inspection methods. Feature representation and recognition. Shape interrogation for design, analysis, and manufacturing. Involves analytical and programming assignments.
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- Computational
- Programming
- Engineering
- Geometry
Course programme
This course was originally offered in Course 13 (Department of Ocean Engineering) as 13.472J. In 2005, ocean engineering subjects became part of Course 2 (Department of Mechanical Engineering), and this course was renumbered 2.158J.
Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session
Permission of instructor (Subject requires typical undergraduate mathematics, eg. ordinary differential equations, introductory linear algebra and numerical analysis, and a high level programming language.)
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Computational geometry
-
Engineering Institute of Technology
Foundation degree OnlinePrice on request -
First Technology Transfer Ltd
Course InhousePrice on request
See all