A Concurrent Engineering Approach To Robust Product Design

1993 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.H. Gadallah ◽  
H.A. Elmaraghy
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Engineering Approach ◽  
Robust Product Design

Integrated Product Design Using Rapid Prototyping Technology and Rapid Tooling in Concurrent Engineering Approach

2004 ◽  
Vol 471-472 ◽  
pp. 672-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.K. Das
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Virtual Prototyping ◽  
Parametric Modeling ◽  
Physical Models ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Engineering Approach

Advancement and acceptance of Concurrent Engineering to speed up and improve product development process requires a systematic approach to the integrated, simultaneous design of products and their related processes, including manufacture and support [1] and Rapid Prototyping [2] is the one versatile tool that meet this requirement. Rapid Prototyping involves virtual prototyping and provides physical models as an end product. Traditionally initial industrial design concepts are shown as renderings or drawings, that show the look and feel of the product. The construction of mock up is followed after selection of a particular concept and these looks exactly like final product in true form, colour, texture etc. but without working internal components. With the advancement of CAD, 2 types of prototyping are in use in product design for modeling and simulating products performances. (a) Virtual prototyping using Analytical models (b) Physical prototyping making physical models These choices are influenced by variety of reasons. Physical prototypes are used for Communication purpose, Demonstration purpose, Scheduling /milestones, Feasibility study, Parametric modeling and Architectural interfacing. The above uses lead to a number of benefits such as insights into manufacturability and assemblability, accelerating of parallel activities and flexible product choices. In this paper, we are concerned from the point of view of an industrial designer for Integrated Product Development using concurrent engineering approach. Thus this paper highlights the benefits of Rapid Prototyping over conventional prototyping methods.

Multi-Objective Optimisation of Ship Hull With Distributed Applications

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Giassi ◽  
Fouad Bennis ◽  
Jean-Jacques Maisonneuve
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Distributed Applications ◽  
Asynchronous Communication ◽  
Ship Hull ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Multi Objective Genetic Algorithm

In the context of concurrent engineering, this paper presents a quite innovative approach to the collaborative optimisation process, which couples a multi-objective genetic algorithm with an asynchronous communication tool. To illustrate this methodology, three European companies’ collaboration on the optimisation of a ship hull is described. Our study demonstrates that when multi-objective optimisation is carried out in a distributed manner it can provide a powerful tool for concurrent product design.

Engineering Methods for Robust Product Design

Technometrics ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-287
Author(s):  
Henry W. Altland
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Robust Product Design
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