Automated aircraft sheet metal component production technologies

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1129-1138

  Prasad, K S R K ^a,b,c   Selvaraj, P ^b   Ayachit, P V ^b   Nagamani, B V ^b   Ramanathan, R K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b AERONAUTICAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (India)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PRODUCTION; SHEET METAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIRCRAFT FACTORY; FLAT PATTERN DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION LOFTS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 34548346885     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.11873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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