SWEPT VOLUMES

A page dedicated to research concerning swept volumes; applications, implementations, and future research thrusts.

THE SWEPT VOLUME COMMUNITY
	Maintained by Prof. Karim Abdel-Malek

Raison D’etre

There has been a surge of literature and applications that have used SWEPT VOLUME Technology. For example, and despite important recent advances in solid modeling of rigid bodies, representation of complex solid bodies can now be performed using sweep techniques to yield very complex solids. Similarly, in the ROBOTICS industry, swept volume technology is implemented for the determination of workspace, for dexterity analysis, and path verification. In MILITARY applications, potential collision of two swept projectiles can be predicted using sweep mathematics. In writing scripts such as Chinese, Indian, or Arabic, sweep methods are used to generate accurate scripts. The potential for developing more profound mathematics for this field is imminent.

• Known Applications of Swept Volumes

• Image Gallery

• A Tutorial (Prepared by Profs. Blackmore, Joy, and Abdel-Malek)

• Swept Volume Bibliography

• Companies that use Swept Volume Technology

• Upcoming Conferences

• Research Thrusts and Future Directions

• Related Journals/Forums

We believe that a SWEPT VOLUME page will aid researchers in:

1. Identifying research thrusts where this technology can make a significant impact.
2. Identify application areas and commercial technologies where swept volume can be used.
3. Inetgrating state-of-the-art methods and formulations pertaining to swept volumes.

People of the Swept Volume Community

Georg Glaeser: Method of sweeping
University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Lehrkanzel für Geometrie
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2
Phone:(+43)-1-71133/234
Fax:    (+43)-1-71133/222
Eduard Gröller: Method of sweeping
Institute of Computer Graphics,
Vienna University of Technology
Phone: +43-1) 58801-18682
Fax: (+43-1) 5874932


Karim Abdel-Malek
Walter Seaman
Harn-Jou Yeh: Method of sweeping
Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Center for Computer Aided Design
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242


M.C. Leu
D. Blackmore:_ Method of sweep
Rapid Intelligent Manufacturing & Prototyping (RIMP) Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, New Jersey 07102


Steven Abrams
Peter K. Allen---------------- Method of Sweep
Center for Research in Intelligent Systems
Computer Science Department
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027


Michael Wagner:--------------- Method of Sweep
Bert Juttler
Arizona State University


Ralph Martin: ---------------------Method of Sweep
Dave Marshall
Department of Computer Science,
Cardiff University
5, The Parade, P O Box 916
Cardiff, Wales, CF2 3XF
UK


Takashi Maekawa: -------------------Method of Sweep
Design Laboratory
Department of Ocean Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Myung-Soo Kim ----------------------Method of Sweep
Department of Computer Engineering
Seoul National University
Seoul 151-742,
South Korea
mskim@comp.snu.ac.kr
and
Gerson Elber
Computer Science Department,
Technion,
Technion City,
Haifa 32000, Israel.


Kuo-King Wang
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Director,
Cornell Injection Molding Program
Cornell University
kkw1@cornell.edu


Duane W. Storti-------------------- Method of Sweep
Mark Ganter
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Systems, Dynamics and Design
University of Washington


Thomas Chase ---------------------Method of Sweep
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Minnesota


Wenping Wang:----------------------- Method of Sweep
wenping@ca.hku.hk
Department of Computer Science
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road
Honk Kong


M. A. ElBestawi ------------------------Method of Sweep
Department of Mechanical Engineering
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West, Hamilton
Ontario, Canada L8S 4L7

Ch. Liu,
D.M. Esterling,------------------------ Method of Sweep
J. Fontdecaba
E. Mosel
The George Washington University
Washington, DC


Jon Kieffer:-------------------------- Method of Sweep
F.L. Litvin
Department of Engineering, FEIT
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Australia
Tel. +61-6-249-3338


Q. Jeffrey Ge, -----------------------Method of Sweep
ge@design.eng.sunysb.edu
Department of mechanical Engineering
University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook,NY 11794-2300
Office:(516) 632-8315
Fax:(516) 632-8544


Zhi-Kui Ling--------------------------Method of Sweep
Zeng-Jia Hu
Michigan technological University


Wim Bronsvoort:-------------------- Method of Sweep
P. Van Nieuwenhuizen
F. Post
Delft University, Holland


Ken Joy: -------------------------------Method of Sweep
Computer Science Department
University of California, Davis


Vadim Shapiro: -------------------------Method of Sweep
Spatial Automation Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Wisconsin-Madison

Please send your contributions and feedback to Prof. K. Abdel-Malek amalek@engineering.uiowa.edu Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Computer Aided Design The University of Iowa Tel. (319) 335-5676 Fax. (319) 335-5669

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