Statistical representation and computation of tolerance and clearance for assemblability evaluation

Robotica

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-264

  Lee, Sukhan ^a,b   Yi, Chunsik ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblability evaluation; Statistical representation; Tolerance and clearance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PRODUCT DESIGN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ASSEMBLABILITY EVALUATION; STATISTICAL REPRESENTATION;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0032075050     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574798000344     Document Type: Review

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