Combined parameter and tolerance design for quality via computer experiment: A design for thermoelectric microactuator

IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-201

  Jeang, Angus ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ANSYS; Computer simulation; Microactuator; Parameter; Quality; Response surface methodology; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FITS AND TOLERANCES; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROACTUATORS; SOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS; THEOREM PROVING; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL SPRAYING;

ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS; COMBINED PARAMETER; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING (CAE); COMPUTER EXPERIMENTS; DESIGN FUNCTIONS; EVOLUTIONARY DESIGNS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); MECHANICAL PROBLEMS; MICRO ACTUATORS; OPTIMAL PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PRODUCT QUALITIES; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSM).; TOLERANCE DESIGN; TOLERANCE VALUES; TWO BEAMS; U-SHAPED; UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 47249164406     PISSN: 1521334X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEPM.2008.926286     Document Type: Article

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