Lazy parts indication method: Application to automotive components

SAE 2011 World Congress and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Namouz, Essam Z ^a   Mears, Laine ^b   Mocko, Gregory ^a   Summers, Joshua ^a  

^a South   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT; LIGHT-WEIGHT ENGINEERING; MASS REDUCTION; MASS SAVINGS; MOUNTING BRACKET;

VEHICLES;

EID: 79959813530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4271/2011-01-0428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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