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COMPUTER METHODS FOR TOLERANCE DESIGN
by R G Wilhelm (Rockwell Int'l Corp.) & S C-Y Lu (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
This book describes recent research advances and computer tools that can be applied in the determination of geometric tolerances. A framework for tolerance synthesis is developed and used with artificial intelligence techniques to provide computer methods for both analysis and synthesis of geometric tolerance specifications. Tolerance primitives, based on a sound theory of tolerancing, are used to represent tolerance relationships or links between geometric entities and functional requirements. Algorithms are developed for the determination of boundedness and the measurement of sufficiency. A detailed constraint network is used to represent tolerance relations for a part under design and provide for the composition of tolerance specifications.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Review of Related Research
- Framework for
Tolerance Synthesis
- Primitives for Reasoning about Tolerances
- Analysis Tasks and Sufficiency
- Synthesis Tasks and Composition
- Guiding Design and Explanation
- CASCADE-T Implementation
- Conclusions
Readership: Engineers, computer scientists, R&D personnel in industry.
"... compact and fairly specialized in its approach, it will be of use to those looking at researching or implementing tolerancing models for objects made of simple geometric forms."
Tim Thornton
Computing Reviews, 1994 |
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Pub. date: Dec 1992 |
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