The role of topology in engineering design research

Research in Engineering Design - Theory, Applications, and Concurrent Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-98

  Rosen, D W ^a   Peters, T J ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chain models; Design for manufacture; Design theory; Solid modeling; Tolerance Modeling; Topology

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; DESIGN; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TOPOLOGY;

CHAIN MODELS; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE; DESIGN THEORY; ENGINEERING DESIGN; SOLID MODELING; TOLERANCE MODELING;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0029723911     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01607863     Document Type: Article

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