An introduction to smart assemblies for robust design

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 236-246

  Downey, Kris ^a   Parkinson, Alan ^a   Chase, Ken ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical assemblies; Robust design; Tolerance analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FITS AND TOLERANCES; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); ROTATION;

MECHANICAL ASSEMBLIES; ROBUST DESIGNS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0346972504     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-003-0041-5     Document Type: Article

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