Statistical variation analysis of multi-station compliant assemblies based on sensitivity matrix

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-23

  Gerbino, Salvatore ^a,c   Patalano, Stanislao ^b   Franciosa, Pasquale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c University of Mouse   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compliant parts assemblies; Contact modelling; FEA; Finite element analysis; Linear static analysis; Multi station assemblies; Statistical variations; Tolerance analysis

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

COMPLIANT PARTS/ASSEMBLIES; CONTACT MODELLING; LINEAR STATIC ANALYSIS; MULTI-STATION ASSEMBLIES; STATISTICAL VARIATIONS; TOLERANCE ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 57349187156     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2008.021881     Document Type: Article

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