CAD-based virtual assembly prototyping - A case study

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-274

  Lin, Y J ^a   Farahati, R ^a,b  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b Luk Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Blade and shell assembly; Kinematics simulation; Torque converters; Virtual prototyping

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; AUTOMOBILE TRANSMISSIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TORQUE CONVERTERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE PROENGINEER; VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY PROTOTYPING;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0037277458     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001700300031     Document Type: Article

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