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ME21101 Tutorial Sheet 2

This document provides a tutorial on computer aided design and cubic Hermite curves. It contains 8 problems related to defining, parameterizing, truncating, and determining geometric properties of cubic Hermite curves. Specific tasks include determining geometric coefficients, evaluating curve points and derivatives, deriving curve equations, and applying conditions like natural vs fixed end conditions for spline curves.

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ME21101 Tutorial Sheet 2

This document provides a tutorial on computer aided design and cubic Hermite curves. It contains 8 problems related to defining, parameterizing, truncating, and determining geometric properties of cubic Hermite curves. Specific tasks include determining geometric coefficients, evaluating curve points and derivatives, deriving curve equations, and applying conditions like natural vs fixed end conditions for spline curves.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ALLAHABAD

Computer Aided Design (ME21101)


M. Tech. (Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing + Design Engineering) I Semester

Faculty: Dr. Praveen Kumar Agarwal

Tutorial Sheet - 2

T T T T
1  0  2  5
1. A cubic Hermite curve is defined as P( u)   2  u  1  u   0  u   2  , u  [0, 1] . Determine its
  3   2  
 1   4   0   1 
geometric coefficients.
2. For a given cubic Hermite curve P(u), u   0,1 with geometric coefficients P0 (1, 0,1) , P1 (4,1, 0) ,
P0u (1,1, 0) and P1u (1, 0, 0) , determine P(0.5) and P u (0.6) .

3. Derive the second derivative from of a cubic Hermite curve. Determine the corresponding basis
functions and the matrix representation of the curve.
4. Specify the parametric equation of a cubic Hermite curve P( u) defined by two end-point position
vectors, P0  1, 0, 1  and P1  0, 2, 0  and two end-point tangent vectors, P0u  0, 2, 0  and P1u  1, 0, 1 ,
u [0, 1] . Reparameterize this equation between the parametric limits v  [1, 3] .
5. Find out the geometric coefficients of a degenerate cubic Hermite curve of zero length located at
(2,4,1) .

6. Find the equation of a cubic Hermite curve using four-point interpolation form for the four points P1 , P2 ,
P3 and P4 located at u1  0 , u2  1 / 4 , u3  3 / 4 and u4  1 respectively. Also determine the K matrix
relating the geometric coefficients and the given four points.
7. Given a cubic Hermite curve P( u) whose geometric coefficient matrix is:

 P0   1 1
P  
0 0 
B   1u    , u  [0, 1] .
 P0   1 1
 u  
 P1   1 0

Truncate the curve at u  0.2 and u  0.8 , and reparameterize the remaining segment (from
u  0.2 to 0.8 ) so that v  [0, 1] and find the geometric form of the reparameterized curve Q(v ) .
8. A cubic spline is supposed to pass through the following points successively: (0 0 0), (1 1 0), (2 1 0) and
(3 0 0). Find out the equations of the individual curve segments for the following end conditions:
a) Natural End condition.
b) Fixed end condition. The tangent at first point = (0 1 0) and tangent at the last point = (0 -1 0).

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