Realizing high accuracy machining by applying optimal clamping forces

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-118

  Huang, Ying ^a   Wang, Lihui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clamping force; Cutting force; FEA; Machining feature; Optimization model

Indexed keywords

CLAMPING DEVICES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CLAMPING FORCE; CUTTING FORCE; MACHINING FEATURE;

MACHINING;

EID: 0347534667     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2004.003642     Document Type: Article

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