Proceedings of ASME Design Engineering Technology Conferences & Computers & Information in Engineering Conference, Vol. 2 Book

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2000 ASME DESIGN ENGINEERING TECHNICAL CONFERENCES AND COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION IN ENGINEERING CONFERENCE-PRINT,VOL 5. SEPTEMBER 10-14, 2000 BALTIMORE,MARYLAND Printed collection of full-length, peer-reviewed technical papers presented at the above conferences: "RELIABILITY, STRESS ANALYSIS AND FAILURE PREVENTION." Topics covered: Stress analysis-product design; Stress analysis-fracture and failure mechanics; Stress analysis-multiple element; Failure prevention. "FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY." Table of contents includes: State Library Material Handling System Design; Multi-Objective Layout Planning Approach; Agile Automation Control Systems: The Hansford Assembly Flex Project; Design of Angular Snap-Fits for Positive Interference Assembly;Automated Initial-Population Generation for Genetice Algorithm Based Assembly Planning.

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This is the second volume of proceedings of the year 2000 ASME international design engineering technical conferences and computers and information in engineering conference. About 115 contributions discuss design; distributed design/knowledge- based, intelligent, robust, automotive, parametric/geometric, product family, system, web-based, and concurrent product/process design; genetic optimization; dynamic systems analysis; simulated annealing/optimal layout; multi-objective/multi-disciplinary design optimization; compliant and spatial mechanisms; optimization; layered manufacturing; surface modeling; assembly/disassembly; solid modeling/surface modeling; manufacturing; solid freeform fabrication; and reverse engineering. The volume is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)