Identifying variable effects on the dimensional quality of compliant assembly, using computer experiments

ASME 2002 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2002

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 23-32

  Dahlström, Stefan ^a   Hu, S Jack ^b   Söderberg, Rikard ^c  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compliant assembly evaluation; Computer experiments; FEA; Sheet metal assembly

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY PROCESS; COMPLIANT ASSEMBLY; COMPONENT PART; COMPUTER EXPERIMENT; COMPUTER EXPERIMENTS; DIMENSIONAL QUALITY; FEA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY VARIATIONS; INPUT VARIABLES; PRODUCT COST; RESPONSE MODEL; SHEET METAL ASSEMBLIES; SHEET METAL ASSEMBLY; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION RESULT; SUPPORT STRUCTURES; TOLERANCE ANALYSIS; VARIABLE EFFECTS; DESIGN OF COMPUTER EXPERIMENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST ACCOUNTING; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FITS AND TOLERANCES; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; QUALITY CONTROL; SHEET METAL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0036979654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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