Design of quasi-kinematic couplings

Precision Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 338-357

  Culpepper, Martin L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Automotive assembly; Exact constraint; Fixture; Kinematic coupling; Over constraint; Photonics; Plastic deformation; Precision optics; Quasi kinematic coupling; Repeatability; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; STIFFNESS;

AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY; EXACT CONSTRAINT; KINEMATIC COUPLING; OVER CONSTRAINT; PHOTONICS; PRECISION OPTICS; QUASI KINEMATIC COUPLING; REPEATIBILITY;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 2942726543     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2002.12.001     Document Type: Article

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