Improving decision making by simulating and visualizing geometrical variation in non-rigid assemblies

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-178

  Soderberg R ^a   Wickman, C ^b   Lindkvist, L ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design; Tolerancing; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VERIFICATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CUSTOMER DEMANDS; GEOMETRICAL VARIATION; NON-RIGID ASSEMBLIES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 43649083722     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2008.03.040     Document Type: Article

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