...Jingjing Ji; Kok-Meng Lee; Shuyou Zhang This paper investigates the parametric effects, which include material properties, hook shape, and shear deformation, on the force/deflection relationship governing the assembly/disassembly processes of a snap-fit for developing embedded algebraic solutions...

...Kavous Jorabchi; Krishnan Suresh Snap-fits are often preferred over other traditional methods of assembly since they reduce part count, assembly/disassembly time, and manufacturing cost. A typical simulation of a snap-fit assembly entails two critical steps: contact detection and nonlinear...

... and research activity. Research in this area has focused on the development of performance models for individual features and heuristics for the design of snap-fit assemblies. An improved analytical model for cantilever hook snap-fit features is developed in this study. The modeling approach is a significant...

...Richard Silversides; Jian S Dai; Lakmal Seneviratne This paper investigates the vibratory bowl feeder for automatic assembly, presents a geometric model of the feeder, and develops force analysis, leading to dynamical modeling of the vibratory feeder. Based on the leaf-spring modeling of the three...