FBS Linkage ontology and technique to support engineering change management

Engineering changes are essential for any product development, and their management has become a crucial discipline. Research in engineering change management has brought about some methods and tools to support dealing with changes. This work extends the change prediction method through incorporatio...

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Published inResearch in engineering design Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 3 - 35
Main Authors Hamraz, Bahram, Caldwell, Nicholas H. M., Ridgman, Tom W., Clarkson, P. John
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Springer London 01.01.2015
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Automobiles
CAE) and Design
Change management
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD
Diesel engines
Engineering
Engineering Design
Engineering research
Ontology
Original Paper
Product development
Functional reasoning
Engineering change management
Multi-domain model
Change prediction
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Summary:Engineering changes are essential for any product development, and their management has become a crucial discipline. Research in engineering change management has brought about some methods and tools to support dealing with changes. This work extends the change prediction method through incorporation of a function–behaviour–structure (FBS) scheme. These additional levels of detail provide the rationales for change propagation and allow a more proactive management of changes. First, we develop the ontology of this method based on a comprehensive comparison of three seminal functional reasoning schemes. Then, we demonstrate the FBS Linkage technique by applying it to a diesel engine. Finally, we evaluate the method.
ISSN:0934-9839
1435-6066
DOI:10.1007/s00163-014-0181-9