A clock grammar: The use of a parallel grammar in performance-based mechanical synthesis

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 287-296

  Starling, Alex C ^a   Shea, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grammatical Design; Mechanical Synthesis; Parametric Design; Performance Based Design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; MACHINE DESIGN; CLOCKS; ENGINEERING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

FUNCTIONAL DESIGN; PARAMETRIC DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL SYNTHESIS; FUNCTION-BEHAVIOR- STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL SYNTHESIS; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE BASED DESIGN; PHYSICAL DESIGN; SPATIAL CONSTRAINTS; CLOCK DESIGN; GRAMMATICAL DESIGN; PARTS LIBRARY; TEST METHOD;

COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0036977274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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