Why mechanical subsystems are difficult to integrate

Conference · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:437765

Segalman, D J; Ortiz, K ^[1]; Wesner, J J ^[2]

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1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Lucent Technologies, Middletown, NJ (United States)

Though the theme of System Engineering is integration, and it is normal to attempt in integration to ignore the lines between disciplines, there are distinct characteristics of the mechanical design portion of any major system design project that make this difficult. How these characteristics compound the difficulty of integration is discussed and means to minimize the associated obstacles are suggested.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 437765
• Report Number(s): SAND-96-1949C; CONF-961105-18; ON: DE96014032
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1996 international mechanical engineering congress and exhibition, Atlanta, GA (United States), 17-22 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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