A gap-based approach to capture fitting conditions for mechanical assembly

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 691-700

  Zou, Zhihua ^a   Morse, Edward P ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Fitting condition; GapSpace model; Tolerance analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FITS AND TOLERANCES; GEOMETRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FITTING CONDITIONS; GAPSPACE MODEL; TOLERANCE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 2342622723     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(03)00156-8     Document Type: Article

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