Geometric conformity analysis for automated fabrication processes generating ruled surfaces: Demonstration for contour crafting

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 361-369

  Yeh, Zhenghao ^a   Khoshnevis, Behrokh ^b  

^a ADOBE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Concretes; Error handling; Modelling

Indexed keywords

3D OBJECT; AUTOMATED FABRICATION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ERROR APPROXIMATIONS; ERROR HANDLING; FABRICATION PROCESS; FLANK MILLING; GEOMETRIC DEVIATIONS; NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINING; RESEARCH RESULTS; RULED SURFACES; SURFACE AREA; WIRE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING;

CONCRETES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FABRICATION; MILLING (MACHINING); RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 76649139479     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540910993897     Document Type: Article

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