Constraint Representation and Reduction in Assembly Modeling and Analysis

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 741-750

  Turner, Joshua U ^a   Subramaniam, Srikanth ^a   Gupta, Suvajit ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ANSOFT CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0000280021     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.182674     Document Type: Article

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