| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| List of contributors | |
| Confrontation of viewpoints in a concurrent engineering process | p. 3 |
| A concurrent engineering experience based on a Cooperative and Object Oriented Design Methodology | p. 11 |
| A Method and a Support for a Better Integration of Mechanical Simulation in the Design Process | p. 19 |
| Representation of Design Activities Using Neural Networks: Application to Fuzzy Dimensioning | p. 27 |
| Quantitative constraints in integrated design | p. 35 |
| Handling imprecision in pairwise comparison | p. 43 |
| Functional and Manufacturing Specifications - Part 1: Geometrical Expression by Gauge with Internal Mobilities | p. 53 |
| Functional and Manufacturing Specifications - Part 2: Validation of a Process Plan | p. 61 |
| Robust design and statistical tolerances analysis | p. 69 |
| Development and Feedbacks of a New Communication Tool to Harness Information and Knowledge and Know-How in Integrated Engineering - Case Study at EADS | p. 77 |
| A knowledge-based environment for modelling and computer-aided process planning of rapid manufacturing processes | p. 85 |
| Evaluation of Decisions Considering the Choice of Actors in Product Design Processes | p. 93 |
| A Declarative Approach to a 2D Variational Modeler | p. 105 |
| Copying of Free-Forms from Digitized Data | p. 113 |
| Flexible Parts Modelling for Virtual Reality Assembly Simulations | p. 121 |
| A rectification algorithm for manifold Boundary representation models | p. 129 |
| Information Support in an Integrated Product Development System | p. 139 |
| A methodology for modeling process information | p. 147 |
| A Set of New Tools for the Automatic Meshing and Remeshing of Mechanical Parts | p. 157 |
| A Control Criterion Dedicated to Detail Removal for F.E.A. Geometry Adaptation | p. 165 |
| Feature Recognition and Remeshing by Local Hermite Diffuse Interpolation | p. 173 |
| Tight fit design taking into account form and surface defects | p. 183 |
| Calculation of virtual and resultant part for variational assembly analysis | p. 193 |
| 3D quantification of machining defects | p. 201 |
| Formal Definition of Tolerancing in CAD and Metrology | p. 211 |
| Quality Measurement on CMM | p. 219 |
| Toward the Use of Statistical Analysis in Positional Tolerancing | p. 227 |
| Prediction and Simulation of Milling Burr Formation for Edge-Precision Process Planning | p. 237 |
| Optimal workpiece localization for machining applications | p. 247 |
| Analysis and Mapping of the Dynamic Performance of High-Precision Motion Systems | p. 255 |
| Integration of Laser Material Processing into the Computer-Aided Product and Process Development | p. 263 |
| Investigation of Sheet Metal Blanking Process | p. 271 |
| The Concept of the Machining Surface in 5-Axis Milling of Free-Form Surfaces | p. 279 |
| High Speed Milling - Solid Simulation and Machine Limits | p. 287 |
| Design of Process Parameters in Deep Drawing of Sheets to Improve Manufacturing Feasibility | p. 295 |
| From the Predimensioning Approach to the Optimisation of Forming Processes of Thin Fabric Composite Parts | p. 303 |
| Design Process Modelling of Process Planning for Flexible Lines Based on Conceptual Graphs and Design Rules - Applied to Cylinder Head Machining | p. 313 |
| Determination of virtual means for the integrated design | p. 323 |
| Selecting material handling equipment with PROMETHEE | p. 331 |
| A Methodology for Cost and Quality Optimization in a Design System by Linking Quality Methods | p. 339 |
| Disassembly Sequencing Using Technological Data | p. 347 |
| Application of fuzzy logic for an assembly methodology | p. 355 |
| Design of Closed Planar Mechanisms of Grippers to Clutch Flat Parts | p. 365 |
| Interaction of Gear Epicyclic Planets and the Effect of Web for Internal Gears | p. 373 |
| Kinematics of Robots with Roller-Constrained Ball-Wheels | p. 381 |
| Structural Synthesis of Kinematic Chains and Mechanisms | p. 391 |
| General Manipulators synthesis for a given workspace | p. 399 |
| Object Manipulation and Mannequin Driving Based on Multi-Agent Architecture | p. 407 |
| Isotropic design of a parallel machine-tool mechanism | p. 415 |
| Application of the Design of Experiments Method to a Transversely Loaded Cylindrical Assembly | p. 423 |
| Determination of the Mode Dominance for Model Reduction | p. 431 |
| Development of a New Methodology for Delamination Detection in Laminated Structures | p. 439 |
| Search of Contact in Dynamic Finite Element Code: Presentation of an Analytical Method | p. 447 |
| Recent Progress in Preliminary Design of Mechanical Components with Topology Optimisation | p. 457 |
| Finding the Optimal Stock Spring from Optimal Spring Design Characteristics | p. 465 |
| Design Process and Optimisation of an Integrated Electromechanical Battery | p. 473 |
| A Hybrid Calculation Model for Bolted Assemblies Used for Slewing Bearings | p. 481 |
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