Decomposition-based assembly synthesis of space frame structures using joint library

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Lyu, Naesung ^a   Saitou, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum space frame; Assembly synthesis; Design for manufacturing; Structural design

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMOBILE FRAMES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

ALUMINUM SPACE FRAME; ASSEMBLY SYNTHESIS; BEAM-SPRING MODEL; DECOMPOSITION-BASED ASSEMBLY; JOINT LIBRARY; JOINT STRUCTURAL FRAMES; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; SPACE FRAME BODY STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33645781295     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1909203     Document Type: Article

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