Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
	Analysis of the setting up of a concurrent engineering scenario	3
	Failure-sensitive Product Development	13
	A language for the modeling of the design process in mechanical engineering	23
	CAD/analysis integration. (An object-oriented approach)	31
	Rethinking CAD tools through their use?	41
	Product/Manufacturing : A systemic approach for simultaneous engineering	51
	On a genetic multiobjective approach for the integration and optimization of assembly product design and process planning	61
	Manufacturing Flexibility : A New Evaluation	71
	Integrated CAD and CAPP around feature recognition techniques	83
	Feature-State approach for operation sequence generation	93
	Machining features : integration of the machining function in the modelling of parts for automated process planning	103
	Expression and recognition of design intentions. The contributions of multimodality	113
	Integration of the machining point of view in the product modelling : the fixturing features	121
	From design to manufacturing of forged parts : automatic process planning for dies and parts	131
	Tools for optimal or near-optimal sensors locations	143
	Fully integrated finite element models in the design and manufacture of glass products	153
	Maestro : a module dedicated to the integration of structural analysis within the design process	163
	Thickness optimization of beams and shells with large displacements	173
	Quality control of finite element analyses in shape optimization	183
	Methods and softwares for the automation of finite element analyses in 3D	193
	UsyCaMs : A software package for the interactive synthesis of cam mechanisms	205
	Workspace-oriented methodology for designing a parallel manipulator	215
	Design of robotic work cells : synthesis and application	225
	A tool for robot design : feasible trajectory from a singularity	235
	Sensitivity analysis for optimisation of flexible multi-body systems	245
	Dynamic modelling of mechanisms. Qualifying of three integration schemes	255
	Thermal analysis of orthogonal cutting. Simulation and Experiments	267
	A systematic approach to the surface modelling of forged parts	277
	Simplified stamping simulation : an aid for component design	287
	Mechanical simulation of machining	297
	Thermal modal analysis and modelling of machine-tools	307
	Fixture design process modelling	317
	Integrating design and manufacturing by tolerance chart analysis	329
	The TTRE : Micro tolerancing Model for CAD-CAM Modelers	339
	Models for tolerancing process by considering mechanism flexibility	349
	Probe definition for inspection of mechanical parts by CMM	357
	Integrated design and manufacturing for precision mechanical components	367
	Choice of machine tool configuration. Determination of real visibility	379
	Flank milling of ruled surface with additionally-five-axis CNC machine	389
	Synthesis of reconfigurable-Fixture support configurations for thin-walled objects	399
	Computer aided process planning in turning : ascendant design by features	407
	Proposals for a product model	417
	Towards declarative geometric modelling in mechanics	427
	Modeling product information in concurrent engineering environments	437
	Integration of design and manufacturing data models using step	445
	Template architecture and services for integrating CAD-CAM and machining in small companies	455
	Manufacturing capability modelling for concurrent product development	465
	Performance improvement of a surface-surface intersection method	475
	Integrated design of electromagnetic motors	487
	Optimisation of a structure for biaxial mechanical tests	495
	Hull design methodology for cross-country vehicles	505
	A methodology for the design of servo-systems dedicated to machine-tools	515
	Methodology for interactive design of a product and its assembly line	525
	Modelling and analysis of the stamping and clamping of a cylinder head gasket	535
	Author Index	545