Optimal fixture design for drilling through deformable plate workpieces part II: Results

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-43

  Wardak, K R ^a   Tasch, U ^a   Charalambides, P G ^a  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformable; Drilling; Finite elements; Fixture design; Optimal; Simulation; Workpiece

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011739807     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6125(01)80018-2     Document Type: Article

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