Many assembled products contain parts that are not rigid, and there is a large variety of such
parts, which might be as different as cables, sheet metals, plastic covers, or foams. The …

Products made of compliant sheet metals are widely used in automotive, aerospace,
appliance and electronics industries. One of the most important challenges for the assembly …

Manufacturing systems usually consist of processes and machines in a multi-leveled
hierarchy. As a result, dimensional variation in the final product is accumulated as the …

Presents algorithms to propagate and control variation in mechanical assemblies using the
state transition model approach. It exploits the modeling environment and uses concepts …

This paper revisits evidence on the correlates of sourcing decisions in the US auto industry
to see whether adoption of new contracting terms and early involvement of suppliers in …

This dissertation presents methods for combining tolerance analysis of assemblies and finite
element analysis to predict assembly force, stress, and deformation in assemblies of …

In multi-station manufacturing systems, the quality of final products is significantly affected by
both product design as well as process variables. Historically, however, tolerance research …

This paper presents an analysis tool that allows non-rigid parts and assemblies to be
evaluated with respect to geometrical robustness. The robustness evaluation aims at …

Composite structures are widely used due to their superior properties, such as low density,
high strength, and high stiffness-to-weight ratio (Mallick, 1993, Fiber-Reinforced …

A digital twin for geometry assurance contains a set of analyses that are performed to steer
the real production for securing the geometry of the final assembly. In sheet metal …