feiyan guo Yong-gang Kang , (2016),"Modeling and predicting of aeronautical thin-walled sheet metal parts riveting deformation", Assembly Automation, Vol. 36 Iss 3 pp. -Permanent link to this document: http://dx.If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information.
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