A heuristic approach to meet geometric tolerance in High Pressure Die Casting

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-122

  Campatelli, G ^a   Scippa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Die design; Finite Element Simulation; High Pressure Die Casting; Optimization; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT; BASIC CONCEPTS; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; COOLING PHASE; COOLING TIME; DIE DESIGN; DIE SHAPE; DIE SURFACE; FINITE ELEMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENTS; GEOMETRIC TOLERANCE; GEOMETRICAL DEFORMATION; GEOMETRICAL DISTORTION; HEURISTIC APPROACH; HIGH PRESSURE DIE CASTING; ITERATIVE OPTIMIZATION; NUMBER OF ITERATIONS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PLANAR SURFACE; PLANARITY; THIN-WALLED PRODUCTS; TOLERANCE;

COOLING; DESIGN; DIE CASTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FITS AND TOLERANCES; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

DIES;

EID: 84855182279     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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