Decomposition-based assembly synthesis based on structural considerations

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 593-601

  Yetis, F A ^a   Saitou, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ASSEMBLY SYNTHESIS; BITMAP IMAGE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ABAQUS; STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0036933610     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1519276     Document Type: Article

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