Digital panel assembly for automotive body-in-white

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 453-466

  Cai, Wayne ^a   Lesperance, Ronald M ^a   Marin, Samuel P ^a   Meyer, W Weston ^a   Oetjens, Thomas J ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

ASSEMBLY PROCESS; AUTOMOTIVE BODY; AUTOMOTIVE BODY PANELS; BODY IN WHITES; COMPUTER AIDED-APPROACH; FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE; FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES; NON-CONTACT; RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS; VALIDATION STUDY;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 78249282908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-32341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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