Surface normals and barycentric coordinates

The normal to a triangular parametric surface is investigated where the parameters used are barycentric coordinates. Formulae for the normal are obtained for non-rational and rational surfaces.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glen Mullineux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1996-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1024123X96000440