Cutting in deformable objects, The Thesis

Han-Wen Nienhuys, Cutting in deformable objects. Institute for Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht 2003.

Thesis advisors: Prof dr. Mark H. Overmars and dr. ir. A. Frank van der Stappen. (abstract)

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Front cover PDF 54k.
Title page PDF 19k
Table of contents PDF 29k
Table of notation PDF 70k
Chapter 1. Introduction: PDF 280k
Chapter 2. Preliminaries PDF 250k
Chapter 3. Combining FEM and cutting: a first approach PDF 1.2 mb
Chapter 4. Relaxation algorithms PDF 680k
Chapter 5. A Delaunay approach to cutting in triangulated surfaces PDF 920k
Chapter 6. 2D Needle insertion: PDF 700k
Chapter 7. Mesh representation: PDF 200k
Chapter 8. Conclusions: PDF 32k
Appendix A. Tensor calculus: PDF 110k
Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch): PDF 370k
Acknowledgements (partly in Dutch): PDF 27k
Curriculum Vitae (Dutch): PDF 18k
Colophon: PDF 60k
Back cover: PDF 54k

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