Design for 'X'-abilities of RTM products - A graph theoretic approach

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-161

  Durai Prabhakaran, R T ^a   Babu, B J C ^a   Agrawal, V P ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Concurrent design; Design parameters; Graph theory; Permanents; Resin transfer molding

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; GRAPH THEORY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONCURRENT DESIGN; MANUFACTURING STRATEGIES;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33744918557     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: 15312003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X06065542     Document Type: Article

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