G2 cubic transition between two circles with shape control

  • Authors:
  • Zulfiqar Habib;Manabu Sakai

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, B-Block, Faisal Town, Lahore, Pakistan;Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Kagoshima University, Koorimoto 1-21-35, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This paper describes a method for joining two circles with an S-shaped or with a broken back C-shaped transition curve, composed of at most two spiral segments. In highway and railway route design or car-like robot path planning, it is often desirable to have such a transition. It is shown that a single cubic curve can be used for blending or for a transition curve preserving G^2 continuity with local shape control parameter and more flexible constraints. Provision of the shape parameter and flexibility provide freedom to modify the shape in a stable manner which is an advantage over previous work by Meek, Walton, Sakai and Habib.