Concurrent Engineering: Tools and Technologies for Mechanical System Design

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
World-Class Concurrent Engineering....Pages 3-40
Virtual Team Framework and Support Technology....Pages 41-73
Integrated Tools and Technologies for Concurrent Engineering of Mechanical Systems....Pages 75-110
The Emerging Basis for Multidisciplinary Concurrent Engineering....Pages 111-127
Presentation and Evaluation of New Design Formulations for Concurrent Engineering....Pages 129-137
Data and Process Models for Concurrent Engineering of Mechanical Systems....Pages 139-169
Storage and Retrieval of Objects for Simulations in Mixed Application Areas....Pages 171-179
Analysis of Structural Systems Undergoing Gross Motion and Nonlinear Deformations....Pages 181-202
Multidisciplinary Simulation....Pages 203-216
Dynamic Analysis of Rigid-Flexible Mechanisms....Pages 217-253
Decoupling Method in Control Design....Pages 255-271
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Implementation and Applications of Multidisciplinary Concurrent Engineering....Pages 275-301
Simulation Based Design of Automotive Systems....Pages 303-337
Simulation-Based Design of Off-Road Vehicles....Pages 339-355
Modeling and Optimization of Aero-Space and Naval Structures....Pages 357-374
Teleoperation of a Redundant Manipulator....Pages 375-385
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Relationship Between Design for Manufacturing, a Responsive Manufacturing Approach, and Continuous Improvement....Pages 389-404
Defect Preventive Quality Control in Manufacturing....Pages 405-431
An Approach for PDES/STEP Compatible Concurrent Engineering Applications....Pages 433-464
Concurrent Engineering Tools for Forging Die and Process Design....Pages 465-499
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Effects of Structural Dynamics on Chatter in Machine Tools and Its Evaluation at Design Stage....Pages 501-519
Front Matter....Pages 521-521
Concurrent Engineering Design Optimization in a CAD Environment....Pages 523-586
Design Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization Tool for Concurrent Engineering....Pages 587-626
Concurrent Engineering Design with and of Advanced Materials....Pages 627-670
Optimization of Automotive Systems....Pages 671-683
Multicriterion Optimization of Large Scale Mechanical Systems....Pages 685-708
Design Sensitivity Analysis for Coupled Systems and Their Application to Concurrent Engineering....Pages 709-719
Configuration Design Sensitivity Analysis for Design Optimization....Pages 721-736
Shape Design Sensitivity Analysis and What-if Tool for 3-D Design Applications....Pages 737-766
Optimal Design of Vibrating Structures....Pages 767-785
The Problem of Additional Load of Minimum Work in a Thin Plate....Pages 787-802
Layout Optimization of Large FE Systems by New Optimality Criteria Methods: Applications to Beam Systems....Pages 803-819
Analysis and Design of Structural Sandwich Panels Against Denting....Pages 821-847
Front Matter....Pages 849-849
Virtual Prototyping for Mechanical System Concurrent Engineering....Pages 851-879
An Open Software Architecture for Operator-in-the-Loop Simulator Design and Integration....Pages 881-899
Man/Machine Interaction Dynamics and Performance Analysis....Pages 901-928
Simulated Humans, Graphical Behaviors, and Animated Agents....Pages 929-944
Human Factors in Vehicle Driving Simulation....Pages 945-946
Evaluating In-Vehicle Collision Avoidance Warning Systems for IVHS....Pages 947-958
Tools and Methods for Developing Easy to Use Driver Information Systems....Pages 959-970
Front Matter....Pages 849-849
The Perception of Visually Simulated Environments....Pages 971-977
Effective Vehicle Driving Simulation: Lessons from Aviation....Pages 979-986
Active Psychophysics: A Psychophysical Program for Closed-Loop Systems....Pages 987-993
Back Matter....Pages 995-1002