A feature-based approach to automated design of multi-piece sacrificial molds

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-234

  Dhaliwal, S ^a   Gupta, S K ^a   Huang, J ^a   Kumar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0012801743     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1419195     Document Type: Article

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