System architecture modeling in a software tool based on the contact and channel approach (CC-A)

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Albers, Albert ^a   Braun, Andreas ^a   Sadowski, Eike ^a   Wynn, David C ^b   Wyatt, David F ^b   John Clarkson, P ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambridge Advanced Modeller (CAM); contact and channel Approach (CC A); design process; design representation; system architecture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MACHINE DESIGN;

ARCHITECTURE MODELING; CAMBRIDGE; CAMBRIDGE ADVANCED MODELER; CONTACT AND CHANNEL APPROACH; CONTACT AND CHANNEL APPROACHES; DESIGN REPRESENTATION; DESIGN-PROCESS; SOFTWARE-TOOLS; SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE; TECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS;

EID: 80455168791     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004971     Document Type: Article

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