Evaluation of software tools used to analyze the impact of dimensional variation on complex assembled products and to optimize tolerances during product design

Journal of Ship Production

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 146-155

  Spicknall, Mark H ^a   Kumar, Ramesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONAL-VARIATION ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SHIPYARDS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SHIPBUILDING;

EID: 0033170315     PISSN: 87561417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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