Optimum tolerance allocation in mechanical assemblies using an interval method

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-257

  Rao, S S ^a   Wu, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Interval analysis; Mechanisms; Minimum cost; Optimization; Tolerance allocation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

COST FUNCTIONS; INTERVAL ANALYSIS; MINIMUM COSTS; TOLERANCE ALLOCATION;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 18844461624     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305215512331328240     Document Type: Article

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