Manufacturing optimization of laminated tooling with conformal cooling channels

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 429-440

  Ahari, Hossein ^a   Khajepour, Amir ^a   Bedi, Sanjeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Laminates; Rapid prototypes; Sheets

Indexed keywords

CAD MODELS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN MODELS; COOLING CHANNELS; CROSSOVER AND MUTATION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EXPERIENCE-BASED METHODS; GENETIC OPERATORS; LOCAL OPTIMA; MANUAL METHODS; MUTATION OPERATORS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PICKING UP; PRACTICAL PROCEDURES; PREMATURE CONVERGENCE; RAPID PROTOTYPE; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; SEARCH PROCESS; SHEET THICKNESS; SHEETS; SLICING METHODS; SOLUTION SPACE; TOOLING PROCESS; VOLUME DEVIATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; LAMINATING; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OPTIMIZATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 79955761764     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541111184161     Document Type: Article

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