Optimum part deposition orientation for multiple objectives in SL and SLS prototyping

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6375-6396

  Singhal, S K ^a   Jain, Prashant K ^b   Pandey, Pulak M ^b   Nagpal, A K ^a  

^a HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Optimisation; Part deposition orientation; Selective laser sintering (SLS); Stereolithography (SL); Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

BUILD TIME; GLOBAL MINIMA; GLOBAL OPTIMUM; INITIAL GUESS; MULTI-MODAL; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMISATION; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; OPTIMISATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PART DEPOSITION ORIENTATION; PART SURFACE; PROTOTYPING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS); SUPPORT STRUCTURES; SURFACE QUALITIES; TRUST-REGION METHODS;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; JOB ANALYSIS; LASER HEATING; LASERS; MATLAB; METAL ANALYSIS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SINTERING;

EID: 70449589370     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802183661     Document Type: Article

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