Recent Advances in Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering

1 Optimization of Product Design Process.- The Novel Use of a Capability Maturity Model to Evaluate the Mechanical Design Process.- Computer Support for Insightful Engineering Design Based on Generic and Rigorous Principles of Symbolic Algebra.- Modelling Product Representations Used in Automobile Body Design.- Sequencing for Process Planning by Genetic Algorithm.- A Tool for Verifying the Local Quality of a 3D F.E. Analysis in Design.- Design of Wire Harnesses for Mass Customization.- A Unified Jacobian-Torsor Model for Analysis in Computer Aided Tolerancing.- A Proposal of Structure for a Variational Modeler Based on Functional Specifications.- Inertial Tolerancing in the Case of Assembled Products.- An Interactive Decision Support System for Unidirectional Tolerancing.- Improvement of the Simulation Tools Dedicated to Composite Structures Subjected to Crash Loads.- On the Kinematic Calibration of a Stewart Platform.- The Isoconditioning Loci of Planar Three-Dof Parallel Manipulators.- Development of an Optimised Automotive Axle.- Self-Loosening Model for Bolted Assemblies under Transverse Stresses.- Crashworthiness Optimization Using a Surrogate Approach by Stochastic Response Surface.- Multidisciplinary Optimization of Composite Laminates with Resin Transfer Molding.- 2 Optimization of Manufacturing Systems.- Proactive Support for Conceptual Design Synthesis of Sheet Metal Components.- Fuzzy Volumes: Principles and Application in the NC Machining.- A Normalized Product Structure Model for Manufacturing: Definition and implementation of the TMC concept, adaptation to the new technologies of material cutting.- Orientation in Layer-Based Machining.- Contribution to the Generation of Tool Paths in a Cam System.- A Tool-Wear Investigation in Hard Turning of Various WorkMaterials with CBN Tools.- Advanced Numerical Simulation of the Crimping Process of Electric Connectors.- Surface Integrity in Hard Turning.- Technological Parameter Calculation and Stretch Forming Process Control of 3D Profile Parts.- Application of the Stability Lobes Theory to Milling of Thin Workpieces: Experimental approach.- Energy Assessment and Cutting Tool Behavior in Machining.- A Study and Analysis of Machine Tool Errors with Static and Dynamic Measurements.- Evaluation of Machine Geometry: Presentation of an innovative method with a Laser Tracker.- Simulation of Regenerative Vibrations and Surface Generation in Flank Milling: Application to high speed machining.- 3 Methodological Aspects of Integrated Design and Manufacturing.- Feature Shape Recognition Tools Dedicated to a Design for Assembly Methodology.- An a Priori Adaptive 3D Advancing Front Mesh Generator Integrated to Solid Modeling.- A Collaborative Tool for the Visualization of Scientific Simulation Results.- Systems Engineering Used in Products and Manufacturing Systems Development: Case of automotive industry.- Performances in Engineering Changes Management.- Proposal of a New Design Approach Integrating the Concept of the Working Situation.- Towards Identification and Formalisation of Knowledge in Computational Mechanics.- Toward New Methods and Tools to Foster Product/Process Innovation.- Reliable Design of Thin Axisymmetric Shells Using Partial Factor Calibration.- Sources of Error in the Design Process.- A Model-Based Framework for Robust Design.- Structural Design of Uncertain Mechanical Systems Using Interval Arithmetic.- Integration of Reliability-Based Design Optimization within CAD an Finite Element Models.- Planning Complex Engineer-To-Order Products.- A Framework for Integrated Productand Process Design.- A Tool for the Design Process Technical Control.- Tools for Dynamic Sharing of Collaborative Design Information.- An Internet Based Quality Tool for Customers to Improve Product Development.- Emergence of a Virtual Human Behaviour in a VR Environment: A multi-agent approach.