Design for optimal welding orientation

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Yao, Z ^a   Bradley, H D ^a   Maropoulos, P G ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FIXTURES (TOOLING); WELDING; WELDING CODES; WELDS;

AGGREGATE PRODUCTS; DETAILED DESIGN; ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMAL WELDING; PROCESS PLANNING SYSTEMS; WELD ORIENTATIONS; WELDING PROCESS; WELDING PROCESS PLANNING;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 85031524323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/DFM-5732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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