Automotive lightweight engineering: A method for identifying lazy parts

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 364-386

  Caldwell, Benjamin W ^a   Namouz, Essam Z ^a   Richardson, Jenkins L ^a   Sen, Chiradeep ^a   Rotenburg, Thomas ^a   Mocko, Gregory M ^a   Summers, Joshua D ^a   Obieglo, Andreas ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b BMW Manufacturing Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Design for assembly; Design for manufacturing; Lightweight; Mass reduction; Vehicle design

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE;

DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING; LIGHTWEIGHT; MASS REDUCTION; VEHICLE DESIGN;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84887935041     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2013.057474     Document Type: Article

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