DRE-based semi-automation of the axiomatic design transformation: from the functional requirement to the design parameter

In the axiomatic design (AD) theory, the transformation from the function requirement (FR) to the design parameter (DP) is the key of the whole design process. The designers need numerous and multifarious design resources from outside to be introduced into this transformation to promote the quality,...

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Published inJournal of engineering design Vol. 30; no. 7; pp. 255 - 287
Main Authors Chen, Bin, Hu, Jie, Chen, Weixing
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 03.07.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Algorithms
Automation
axiomatic design transformation
Design
design parameter
Design parameters
Designers
Distributed resource environment
Exhausting
functional requirement
Logistics
semi-automation
Test procedures
Transformations
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Summary:In the axiomatic design (AD) theory, the transformation from the function requirement (FR) to the design parameter (DP) is the key of the whole design process. The designers need numerous and multifarious design resources from outside to be introduced into this transformation to promote the quality, innovation and competitiveness of their design schemes. However, introducing a large number of design resources also brings in a large amount of design resource searching and combination exhausting, which is a heavy load on the designers. Therefore, in this study, the multifarious design resources, which can be contacted and used by the designers via the advanced Internet and logistics network, are assumed as a distributed resource environment (DRE), and the FR-to-DP transformation is semi-automated within the DRE via a proposed algorithm and a proposed improving method. To test this DRE-based semi-automation, a friction testing machine is designed as an example.
ISSN:0954-4828
1466-1837
DOI:10.1080/09544828.2019.1627296