Automated design and parametrization of mechanical part geometry

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

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 206-217

  Abdel Malek, K ^a   Zou, H L ^b   Wang, J Y ^b   Othman, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Electronic Data Systems   (United States)

^c US Natl Advanced Driving Simulator   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AUTOMATIC GEOMETRY PARAMETRIZATION; CUT-JOINT CONSTRAINTS; JACOBIAN MODEL; KINEMATIC JOINTS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0033297983     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001630050015     Document Type: Article

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