A survey of virtual prototyping techniques for mechanical product development

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 513-530

  Zorriassatine, F ^a   Wykes, C ^a   Parkin, R ^a   Gindy, N ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Modelling; Product development; Simulation; Virtual prototyping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SMALL TO MEDIUM ENTERPRISES; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING;

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0038736869     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440503321628189     Document Type: Article

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