Modeling and analysis of compliant sheet metal assembly variation

Assembly Automation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-234

  Yu, Kuigang ^a   Jin, Sun ^a   Lai, Xinmin ^a   Xing, Yanfeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assembly; Automotive industry; Computer software; Sheet metal

Indexed keywords

METALS; PAPER SHEETING; SPEED; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY VARIATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTATIONAL SOLID MECHANICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; GEOMETRIC VARIATIONS; INFLUENCE COEFFICIENTS; MATERIAL THICKNESSES; MATERIAL VARIATION; METAL THICKNESS; MODELING AND ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE RELATIONSHIP; SHEET METAL ASSEMBLIES; VOLUME PRODUCTIONS;

SHEET METAL;

EID: 48349093436     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150810889484     Document Type: Article

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