... the overall size/weight of certain automotive components without compromising strength or durability. Stainless steel is a popular material for such uses (i.e., bumpers and fuel tanks), since it possesses both high strength and ductility, and it is relatively light for its strength. However, with current...

... of GLCM contrast calculation and a comparison between this parameter and the circularity (Sec. 6 ) will be shown in Sec. 8 . 10 04 2011 23 05 2011 20 07 2011 20 07 2011 automotive components engines image processing inspection machining chatter matrix algebra...

... interlock between the rivet and work pieces. The current findings on the development of a method can be used to determine the preheat temperature for self-piercing riveting of magnesium castings. 23 06 2010 03 04 2011 09 06 2011 09 06 2011 automotive components casting...

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... called Elastic Assembly Variation Simulation (EAVS) is presented, followed by application case studies. The confidence intervals for variation analysis are also discussed. 20 01 2004 04 05 2005 assembling automobile manufacture automotive components production engineering computing...

... received February 28, 2002; revised June 26, 2003. Associate Editor: E. DeMeter. 28 February 2002 26 June 2003 25 04 2005 fixtures fault diagnosis automotive components sheet metal processing statistical analysis assembling failure analysis principal component analysis...

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