Rapid Prototyping

1. Material Properties and Characterization
Ghassan T. Kridli

Part I.. Direct and Indirect Data Input Formats

2. IGES Standard Protocol for Feature Recognition CAD System
Emad Abouel Nasr, Ali Kamrani

3. The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM): Description, Structure and Applications
Jinho Lim, Rashad Zein

4. Reverse Engineering: A Review & Evaluation of Non-Contact Based Systems
Kevin D. Creehan, Bopaya Bidanda

5. Reverse Engineering: A Review & Evaluation of Contact Based Systems
Salil Desai, Bopaya Bidanda

Part II.. Methods and Techniques

6. Virtual Assembly Analysis Enhancing Rapid Prototyping in Collaborative Product Development
Kyoung-Yun Kim, Bart O. Nnaji

7. Subtractive Rapid Prototyping: Creating a Completely Automated Process for Rapid Machining
Matthew C. Frank

8. Selective Inhibition of Sintering
Behrokh Khoshnevis, Bahram Asiabanpour

9. Contour Crafting
Behrokh Khoshnevis, Dooil Hwang

Part III.. Economic Analysis

10. Strategic Justification of Rapid Prototyping Systems
Rakesh Narain, Joseph Sarkis

11. Selection of Rapid Manufacturing Technologies Under Epistemic Uncertainty
Jamal O. Wilson, David Rosen

12. Economic Analysis of Rapid Prototyping Systems
Khaled M. Gad El Mola, Hamid R. Parsaei, Herman R. Leep

Nyckelord: Engineering, Industrial and Production Engineering, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Engineering Design