Product Life-Cycle Management: Geometric Variations

Preface xix

PART I. TOLERANCE ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS 1

Chapter 1. A New Method of Expressing Functional Requirements and How to Allocate Tolerance to Parts 3
Pierre-Antoine ADRAGNA and Pascal HERNANDEZ

Chapter 2. A Parametric Approach to Determine Minimum Clearance in Overconstrained Mechanisms 21
Philippe SERRE, Faida M’HENNI and Andre CLEMENT

Chapter 3. Quick GPS: Tolerancing of an Isolated Part 39
Robin CHAVANNE and Bernard ANSELMETTI

Chapter 4. Synthesis and Statistical Analysis for 3D Tolerancing 59
Max GIORDANO, Pascal HERNANDEZ and Dimitri DENIMAL

Chapter 5. Reliability Analysis of the Functional Specification Applied to a Helicopter Gas Turbine 77
Yann LEDOUX, Denis TEISSANDIER and Samir SID-AHMED

Chapter 6. Inertial Tolerancing According to ISO GPS 99
Dimitri DENIMAL, Max GIORDANO, Maurice PILLET and Alain SERGENT

Chapter 7. Tolerance Analysis based on Quantified Constraint Satisfaction Problems 125
Ahmed Jawad QURESHI, Jean-Yves DANTAN, Jerome BRUYERE and Regis BIGOT

Chapter 8. Tolerance Analysis in Manufacturing Using the MMP, Comparison and Evaluation of Three Different Approaches 145
Mojtaba KAMALI NEJAD, Frederic VIGNAT and Francois VILLENEUVE

PART II. SIMULATION OF ASSEMBLIES 173

Chapter 9. A Chronological Framework for Virtual Sheet Metal Assembly Design 175
Johan SEGEBORN, Anders CARLSSON, Johan S. CARLSON and Rikard SODERBERG

Chapter 10. A Method to Optimize Geometric Quality and Motion Feasibility of Assembly Sequences 191
Domenico SPENSIERI, Johan S. CARLSON, Lars LINDKVIST, Robert BOHLIN and Rikard SODERBERG

Chapter 11. Modeling and Simulation of Assembly Constraints in Tolerance Analysis of Rigid Part Assemblies 209
Pasquale FRANCIOSA, Salvatore GERBINO and Stanislao PATALANO

Chapter 12. Tolerance Analysis with detailed Part Modeling 231
Tobias STOLL, Stefan WITTMANN and Harald MEERKAMM

Chapter 13. Assembly Method Comparison Including Form Defect 245
Stephane MORIERE, Jean MAILHE, Jean-Marc LINARES and Jean-Michel SPRAUEL

Chapter 14. Influence of Geometric Defects on Service Life 259
Laurent ZAMPONI, Emmanuel MERMOZ, Jean-Marc LINARES and Jean-Michel SPRAUEL

Chapter 15. GapSpace Multi-dimensional Assembly Analysis 273
Edward MORSE and Xiaobin YOU

PART III. MEASUREMENT 299

Chapter 16. Impact of the Sampling Strategy on Geometrical Checking Uncertainties 301
Jean MAILHE, Jean-Marc LINARES, Jean-Michel SPRAUEL and Jean-Paul RAYNAL

Chapter 17. Predetermination of Measurement Uncertainty in the Application of Computed Tomography 317
Albert WECKENMANN and Philipp KRAMER

Chapter 18. Application of Function Oriented Parameters for Areal Measurements in Surface Engineering 331
Albert WECKENMANN and Ozgur TAN

Chapter 19. Validation of a Reception or Production Control Process by the Inertial Indicator IG 345
Daniel DURET, Maurice PILLET, Alain SERGENT and Dimitri DENIMAL

Chapter 20. Detection of Areas with Critically Reduced Thickness of Formed Sheet Metal Parts Using Two Oppositely Positioned Fringe Projection Systems 355
Albert WECKENMANN and Natasa PETROVIC

Chapter 21. Variability of the Manufacturing Process in the GPS Framework: A Case Study 371
Manuela DE MADDIS and Martina GANDINI

Chapter 22. Virtual CMM-based Sampling Strategy Optimization 385
Giovanni MORONI and Stefano PETRO

Chapter 23. Impact of Workpiece Shape Deviations in Coordinate Metrology 405
Gisela LANZA and Jochen PETERS

Chapter 24. Quality Assurance of Micro-gears via 3D Surface Characterization 419
Gisela LANZA and Benjamin VIERING

PART IV. TOLERANCING IN THE PLM 431

Chapter 25. Geometric Specification at the Beginning of the Product Lifecycle 433
Renaud COSTADOAT, Luc MATHIEU, Hugo FALGARONE and Benoit FRICERO

Chapter 26. Ontological Model of Tolerances for Interoperability in Product Lifecycle 455
Gaurav AMETA and Patrick HOFFMAN

Chapter 27. A PLM-Based Multi-Sensor Integration Measurement System for Geometry Processing 469
Zhao HAIBIN, Nabil ANWER and Pierre BOURDET

Chapter 28. Comparison of Gear Geometric Specification Models Regarding the Functional Aspect 485
Jean-Paul VINCENT, Jean-Yves DANTAN, Gerth GOCH and Regis BIGOT

Chapter 29. Effects of Geometric Variation on Perceived Quality 503
Karin FORSLUND and Rikard SODERBERG

Chapter 30. Geometric Requirement Variations Throughout the Product Lifecycle 521
Guillaume MANDIL, Alain DESROCHERS and Alain RIVIERE

List of Authors 543

Index 549