Tolerance modelling and robust design for concurrent engineering

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-465

  Hu, Jie ^a   Peng, Y ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assembly; Manufacturing cost; Robust design; Tolerance modelling; Tolerance network

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

ASSEMBLY FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; GEOMETRIC TOLERANCE; MANUFACTURING COST;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; COST REDUCTION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 34250852290     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406JMES438     Document Type: Article

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