Decomposition-based assembly synthesis for in-process dimensional adjustability

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 464-473

  Lee, Byungwoo ^a   Saitou, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASSEMBLY; AUTOMOBILE FRAMES; GRAPH THEORY; PRODUCT DESIGN; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

ASSEMBLY SYNTHESIS; DATUM FLOW CHAIN; IN-PROCESS ADJUSTABILITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SKELETON;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0141731333     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1587746     Document Type: Article

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