...Juan Du; Changhui Liu; Jianfeng Liu; Yansong Zhang; Jianjun Shi In a ship assembly process, a large number of compliant parts are involved. The ratio of the part thickness to the length or the width is typically 0.001–0.012. Fixture design is a critical task in the ship assembly process due to its...

... errors less than 10%. The developed model meets the conflicting requirements of prediction accuracy and computational efficiency needed for interactive fixture design. thin-walled aerospace structures dynamic response analytical modeling milling fixture design One of the challenging...

... requirements ( 1 ). In the past two decades, many researchers focused their interests on these kinds of fixtures, and much work has been done. Rong and Li ( 2 ) proposed a rapid fixture design system with an automated modular fixture configuration design technique for fixture unit generation and interactive...

...Guo-Hua Qin; Wei-Hong Zhang; Min Wan In traditional and modern manufacturing systems, how to plan the workpiece holding is the first issue of the machining operation to be confronted for the fixture design. To ensure the machining accuracy of specific dimensions, it is necessary to develop a proper...

...Mouhab Meshreki; József Kövecses; Helmi Attia; Nejah Tounsi Milling of thin-walled aerospace structures is a critical process due to the high flexibility of the workpiece. Current practices in the fixture design and the choice of cutting parameters rely solely on conservative guidelines...