Computer-based design synthesis research: an overview

A Chakrabarti, K Shea, R Stone, J Cagan… - 2011 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
One of the hallmarks of engineering design is the design synthesis phase where the
creativity of the designer most prominently comes into play as solutions are generated to …

[BOOK][B] Product design: techniques in reverse engineering and new product development

KN Otto - 2003 - books.google.com
Page 1 PEARSON 产品设计 反求工程和新产品开发技术 Kevin N. Otto Kristin L. Wood 著
Prentice Hall Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development Product …

A functional basis for engineering design: reconciling and evolving previous efforts

J Hirtz, RB Stone, DA McAdams, S Szykman… - Research in engineering …, 2002 - Springer
In engineering design, all products and artifacts have some intended reason behind their
existence: the product or artifact function. Functional modeling provides an abstract, yet …

Development of a functional basis for design

RB Stone, KL Wood - … Design Engineering Technical …, 1999 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Functional models represent a form independent blueprint of a product. As with any
blueprint or schematic, a consistent language or coding system is required to ensure others …

A heuristic method for identifying modules for product architectures

RB Stone, KL Wood, RH Crawford - Design studies, 2000 - Elsevier
Develo** product architectures is a key phase in design and development processes. It
encompasses the transformation of product function to alternative product layouts. In this …

Product evolution: a reverse engineering and redesign methodology

KN Otto, KL Wood - Research in engineering design, 1998 - Springer
New products drive business. To remain competitive, industry is continually searching for
new methods to evolve their products. To address this need, we introduce a new reverse …

Product modularity: measures and design methods

JK Gershenson, GJ Prasad, Y Zhang - Journal of engineering …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents an overview of existing research on measures of product modularity
and methods to achieve modularity in product design. Discussions of the development of …

A quantitative similarity metric for design-by-analogy

DA McAdams, KL Wood - J. Mech. Des., 2002 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
During the design and development of new products, design engineers use many
techniques to generate and define new and “good” concepts. Inherent in this search for …

Functional interdependence and product similarity based on customer needs

DA McAdams, RB Stone, KL Wood - Research in Engineering Design, 1999 - Springer
In this paper, related product functions are determined for a group of approximately 70
consumer products. Using customer need data, a new matrix approach is introduced to …

[BOOK][B] Towards a theory of modular design

RB Stone - 1997 - search.proquest.com
Modular design is a popular topic in industry today, though there is no systematic method in
place that guarantees a modular design. This work presents a theory of modular design …