Additive manufacturing technologies: Rapid prototyping to direct digital manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-459

  Gibson, I ^a   Rosen, D W ^b   Stucker, B ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Utah State University   (United States)

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EID: 84885797727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1120-9     Document Type: Book

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