Assembly synthesis with subassebly partitioning for optimal in-process dimensional adjustability

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2 A, Issue , 2003, Pages 257-268

  Lee, Byungwoo ^a   Saitou, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly synthesis; Computer aided design; Design for assembly; Design optimization

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY SYNTHESIS; DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ASSEMBLY MACHINES;

EID: 1842760815     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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