Self-assembly in additive manufacturing: Opportunities and obstacles

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 211-217

  Crane, N B ^a   Tuckerman, J ^a   Nielson, G N ^b  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Monte Carlo simulation; Thermoelectric devices

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; ASSEMBLY ERROR; ASSEMBLY RATE; ASSEMBLY YIELDS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION METHOD; KEY PROCESS; MICRO-SCALE COMPONENTS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS; PERFORMANCE LOSS; SAMPLE SYSTEM; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SMALL SIZE; SYSTEM DESIGN; SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES;

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

RANDOM ERRORS;

EID: 79955683369     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541111124798     Document Type: Article

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