Complex Product Architecture Analysis using an Integrated Approach

27th International Conference on CADCAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future 2014

工业技术;机械制造

Uddin, Amad^1 ; Campean, Ioan Felician^1 ; Khan, Mohammed Khurshid^1

Bradford Engineering Quality Improvement Centre (BEQIC), University of Bradford, BD7 1DP, United Kingdom^1

关键词: Design decomposition;    Design Structure Matrices;    Functional representation;    Integrated approach;    Level of abstraction;    Multipledomain matrix (MDM);    Product definition;    Structural methods;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/65/1/012005/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/65/1/012005

学科分类：工业工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Product design decomposition and synthesis is a constant challenge with its continuously increasing complexity at each level of abstraction. Currently, design decomposition and synthesis analytical tasks are mostly accomplished via functional and structural methods. These methods are useful in different phases of design process for product definition and architecture but limited in a way that they tend to focus more on 'what' and less on 'how' and vice versa. This paper combines a functional representation tool known as System State Flow Diagram (a solution independent approach), a solution search tool referred as Morphology Table, and Design Structure Matrix (mainly a solution dependent tool). The proposed approach incorporates Multiple Domain Matrix (MDM) to integrate the knowledge of both solution independent and dependent analyses. The approach is illustrated with a case study of solar robot toy, followed by its limitations, future work and discussion.