Geometric and kinetic model based computer-aided fixture design verification

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-199

  Kang, Y ^a   Rong, Y ^a   Yang, J A ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Ford Powertrain Operations ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED FIXTURE DESIGN; GEOMETRIC MODEL; JACOBIAN MATRIX; KINETIC MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FIXTURES (TOOLING); KINETIC THEORY; MACHINING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0142055898     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1607352     Document Type: Article

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