The research project Decomposition-Based Assembly
Synthesis aims at developing a method for the automatic
synthesis of mechanical assemblies, via the top-down hierachical
decomposition of product geometry. It has been successfuly applied
to the assembly design of automotive body structures, focusing on
several different design aspects: structural stiffness, in-process
dimensional adjustability, and component modularity for part sharing.
The project received the
CAREER Award from
the National Science Foundation of the United States.
In the prototype software implementation the LEDA library
has been used for representing and manipulating the topology of products
subject to automatic decomposition driven by a genetic algorithm.
The research project is ranked among top 5 graduate programs
in Mechanical Engineering in the United States.
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA |
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Prof. Dr. Kazuhiro Saitou
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
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kazu@umich.edu |
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http://www.personal.engin.umich.edu/~kazu/research_topics.htm |
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