Shape control of curve design by weighted rational spline

Controlling the convexity and the strain energy of the interpolating curve can be carried out by controlling the second-order derivative of the interpolating function. In [1], the rational cubic spline with linear denominator has been used to constrain the convexity and the strain energy of the interpolating curves, but it does not work in some case. This paper deals with the weighted rational cubic spline with linear denominator for this kind of constraint, the sufficient and necessary condition for controlling the convexity and strain energy of the interpolating curves are derived, and a numerical example is given.