PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2000 ASME DESIGN ENGINEERING TECHNICALCONFERENCES AND COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION IN ENGINEERINGCONFERENCE-PRINT,VOL 5. SEPTEMBER 10-14, 2000 BALTIMORE,MARYLANDPrinted collection of full-length, peer-reviewed technical paperspresented at the above conferences: "RELIABILITY, STRESS ANALYSISAND FAILURE PREVENTION." Topics covered: Stress analysis-productdesign; Stress analysis-fracture and failure mechanics; Stressanalysis-multiple element; Failure prevention. "FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY."Table of contents includes: State Library Material Handling SystemDesign; Multi-Objective Layout Planning Approach; Agile AutomationControl Systems: The Hansford Assembly Flex Project; Design ofAngular Snap-Fits for Positive Interference Assembly;AutomatedInitial-Population Generation for Genetice Algorithm Based AssemblyPlanning.