@ARTICLE{ClDiDzRuRu04, author = {Clarenz, U. and Diewald, U. and Dziuk, G. and Rumpf, M. and Rusu, R.}, title = {A finite element method for surface restoration with smooth boundary conditions}, journal = {Computer Aided Geometric Design}, year = {2004}, volume = {21}, pages = {427--445}, number = {5}, abstract = {In surface restoration usually a damaged region of a surface has to be replaced by a surface patch which restores the region in a suitable way. In particular one aims for $C^1$-continuity at the patch boundary. The Willmore energy is considered to measure fairness and to allow appropriate boundary conditions to ensure continuity of the normal field. The corresponding $L^2$-gradient flow as the actual restoration process leads to a system of fourth order partial differential equations, which can also be written as system of two coupled second order equations. As it is well--known, fourth order problems require an implicit time discretization. Here a semi--implicit approach is presented which allows large timesteps. For the discretization of the boundary condition, two different numerical methods are introduced. Finally, we show applications to different surface restoration problems.}, pdf = {http://numod.ins.uni-bonn.de/research/papers/public/ClDiDzRuRu04.pdf} }