Applying virtual reality techniques to sensitivity-based structural shape design

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 612-619

  Yeh, T P ^a   Vance, J M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESSES; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

FREE-FORM DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL SHAPE DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0032292408     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829323     Document Type: Article

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