Preliminary vehicle structure design: An industrial application of imprecision in engineering design

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Scott, Michael J ^a   Antonsson, Erik K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational Methods of Design; Design Methods and Models; Design Representations; Fuzzy Sets; Industrial Applications of DTM; Vehicle Structure Design

Indexed keywords

FORMAL METHODS;

DESIGN PROCESS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; IMPRECISE INFORMATION; VEHICLE STRUCTURES;

DESIGN;

EID: 78649251025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/DTM-5646     Document Type: Conference Paper

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