English

A locally based construction of analysis-suitable $G^1$ multi-patch spline surfaces

Numerical Analysis 2023-12-25 v2 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

Analysis-suitable G1G^1 (AS-G1G^1) multi-patch spline surfaces [4] are particular G1G^1-smooth multi-patch spline surfaces, which are needed to ensure the construction of C1C^1-smooth multi-patch spline spaces with optimal polynomial reproduction properties [16]. We present a novel local approach for the design of AS-G1G^1 multi-patch spline surfaces, which is based on the use of Lagrange multipliers. The presented method is simple and generates an AS-G1G^1 multi-patch spline surface by approximating a given G1G^1-smooth but non-AS-G1G^1 multi-patch surface. Several numerical examples demonstrate the potential of the proposed technique for the construction of AS-G1G^1 multi-patch spline surfaces and show that these surfaces are especially suited for applications in isogeometric analysis by solving the biharmonic problem, a particular fourth order partial differential equation, with optimal rates of convergence over them.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2308.09007,
  title  = {A locally based construction of analysis-suitable $G^1$ multi-patch spline surfaces},
  author = {Andrea Farahat and Mario Kapl and Aljaž Kosmač and Vito Vitrih},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.09007},
  year   = {2023}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-28T11:57:59.760Z