Overview

This book presents selected papers from the 1999 CIRP International Design Seminar. Design is a fundamental creative human activity. This certainly applies to the design of artifacts, the realisation of which has to meet ever-increasing demands. All ideas for new and better artifacts have been elaborated by designers, who have turned them into feasible concepts and finally transformed them into realisable product models. Design knowledge is difficult to capture. Design, as a process, is difficult to organise. The analysis and structuring of design (process) knowledge is necessary in order to build design support systems. Furthermore, substantial research effort is still needed to develop design as a 'science of synthesis'. The principles of synthesis need to be better understood before design methods and computer support tools can be developed, which are fit for integration in the industrial manufacturing process. This volume includes an introduction to design theories and methods, design and engineering processes, the role of computer support tools, and artificial intelligence in design support. The other contributions can be divided roughly into two categories. The first category deals with design support tools in relation to such topics as conceptual design, collaborative design, modelling, design optimization and evaluation. The second category treats the control of design and engineering processes in relation to subjects such as product and process knowledge, process representation, synthesis of thought and methods, integration, and concurrency.

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Author:   Hubert Kals ,  Fred van Houten
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1999
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.741kg
ISBN:  

9789048151998

ISBN 10:   9048151996
Pages:   474
Publication Date:   07 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Applications of Axiomatic Design.- Towards a Universal Design Theory.- Artificial intelligence support in design: A Survey.- Requirements for highly interactive system interfaces to support conceptual design.- Methodology for innovative design.- A COnceptual Design ASsistant (CODAS).- Integration of product design and production system design.- On the Determination of the Maximum Turnable State of a Part.- Optimal Degree of Parallelism and Integration in Design and Process Planning.- Towards the inclusion of process related knowledge into very high level modeling entities.- Using advanced petri-net for representation of decisions in the design process.- Structuring Principles for the Designer — Balancing Product Performance with Process Efficiency.- Collaborative design support using a meta-model approach and multi aspect modeling.- Product Data Management (PDM) for collaborative Manufacturing System Design.- Co-operation in design: indicators as supports for the discussion between product and process engineers..- Product architecture development enabling integrated re-design of mechanical products.- Optimum Design of Inherently Compensated Aerostatic Thrust Bearings.- Mixed continuous and discrete catalog-based design modeling and optimization.- Knowledge processing for timely decision making in Design For X.- Knowledge engineering for concurrent engineering.- The mechanism of creative reasoning and emergent constructions in conceptual design.- Synthesis Thought Processes in Design.- Towards a Unified Specification Language for Design Knowledge.- A requirement analysis for DFM design support in a DFX context.- On the Motivation of Feature Selection in Feature-based Modeling Systems.- A System Framework for Integrated Design and Manufacturing based on Standards.-Estimation of Tack-welding and Welding Cost during Design of Heavy Earthmoving Equipment.- Global Optimization of Mechanical Designs Based Upon Integrated Computer Models and Virtual Prototypes.- Designing for RTM using Manufacturing Cost Estimation Models.- Applicability of Fuzzy Constraint Networks to Manage Uncertain and Imprecise Information in Simultaneous Engineering.- Just in time knowledge — Product models for Strategic Product Planning.- Control of engineering processes through integration of design activities and product knowledge.- Control of design and manufacturing processes based on information content.- Design decisions derived from product requirements.- On-line monitoring of the emergent behaviour and characteristics of a product to improve product design.- Improving the Accuracy of Rapid Tooling for Design Evaluation.- Tool- and Process Control Issues relating to the use of a Flexible Cutting Tool.- Enhancement of Interaction for Modelling in Conceptual Design.- A Fractal Representation for Systems.- Ergonomics considerations for the conceptualization of the shape of body supports.- Classification of module drivers to support product modularisation by relational reasoning.- KoMoD: A constraint-based design support system for mechanical engineering.- Author index.- Keyword index.

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