Modular structural component design using the first order analysis and decomposition-based assembly synthesis

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 529-538

  Cetin, Onur L ^a   Saitou, Kazuhiro ^a   Nishigaki, Hidekazu ^b   Nishiwaki, Shinji ^b   Amago, Tatsuyuki ^b   Kikuchi, Noboru ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

^b Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assembly Synthesis; First Order Analysis (FOA); Genetic Algorithms; Modularity; Structural Optimization

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EVALUATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MACHINE COMPONENTS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY; VEHICLES;

ASSEMBLY SYNTHESIS; FIRST ORDER ANALYSIS (FOA); MODULARITY;

ASSEMBLY MACHINES;

EID: 1542411861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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