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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"automotive design"”.
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Complexity reduction in automotive design and development
… High product complexity drives high levels of design and process complexity and complicatedness. This thesis attempts to reduce complicatedness in the automotive vehicle design and development process utilizing systems engineering tools including the design structure matrix (DSM) and axiomatic …
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Methods for analyzing and incorporating customer feedback in automotive design and manufacturing
One of the key focus areas of the General Motors (GM) Company's leadership is to collect, quickly analyze, and respond to customer feedback pertaining to product quality issues in newly built vehicles. This project is intended to complement the Quality team's initiative to develop a tool to combine …
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Design of spatial interfaces for engineering assembly within a virtual environment for automotive design
This thesis presents studies on the design of a novel two-handed spatial interface for engineering assembly, informed by a number of qualitative studies using a realistic assembly model within a fully working virtual environment (VE). The results show that the two-handed spatial interface has the …
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A comprehensive approach to complex system product development : operations management tools applied to automotive design
… for vehicle side doors forms the case study. A Design Structure Matrix model was made of the process by which important closures attributes are managed through PD, Stamping, Manufacturing and Plant Teams. The attribute delivery process is very tightly coupled with many interactions and conflicts …
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AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN-TO LIFE-CYCLE CRITERIA FOR LOWERING WARRANTY COSTS AND IMPROVING OWNERSHIP EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE USE OF A NEW "BINARY DECISION MODEL" AND APPLICATION OF A "WARRANTY INDEX"
Financial challenges facing the automotive sector require identification of new opportunities for quality improvement. A new Design-To Life-Cycle-Cost strategy is introduced that applies a unique "Binary Decision Logic Model" that classifies corrective action opportunity into Life-Cycle categories. …
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Search Strategies in Holistic Design Problems
… research examines the search process of holistic design in three cases that differ markedly in their complexity, namely graphical design, small household appliance design, and automotive design. Design, as a creative activity, employs a search process because solutions cannot be found by …
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An exploration of materials and methods in manufacturing : shoreline membranes
This thesis is an investigation into the design methodologies and ideologies of manufacturing processes specifically related to automotive design. The conceptualization, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing of cars is a discipline that would yield exciting results if applied to architecture. The …
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Designing for flexible vehicle interiors through discrete architectural methods: Reframing the role of the designer in an automated and computational age
… as Research (PaR) PhD investigates how automated design and construction methods developed within architectural academia can be adapted to the context of automotive interiors to address flexibility and utilisation challenges associated with Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric (CASE) …
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A Framework for the Utilization of CFD in the Early Stages of Architectural Design
… been widely used in aerospace engineering and automotive design since the 1970s. It also has potential in architectural design since airflow has been an important player in the design process. However, the CFD users in the building industry tend to be limited to researchers and engineers rather …
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Development of a punching technique for ductile fracture testing over a wide range of stress states and strain rates
… (AHSS) are becoming increasingly popular in automotive design because of possible weight savings due to the high strength. However, traditional methods are not capable of predicting fracture in AHSS, leading to expensive redesign due to poor prediction of stamping and crash worthiness. Many …
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Low-Cost Dual Radar System for Collision Prediction at Unregulated Intersections
Automotive collision avoidance has become a key aspect of the automotive design process. The shift in the automotive market towards reducing road accidents has led to the development of many sensor-based collision avoidance systems. The majority of such systems are limited to high-end vehicles. …
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Systems Theoretic Process Analysis of Sociotechnical Systems
… receive to make critical decisions. However, designing systems that facilitate safe interactions between humans and technology is not a simple task. System designers must consider not only the constraints of the technical components but also human requirements throughout the entire system. …
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Design Space Exploration for Embedded Systems in Automotives
… assistance, infotainment, etc.) in today's automotive systems that rely on electronics and software, the supporting architecture is integrated by a complex set of heterogeneous data networks. A modern automobile contains up to 100 ECUs and several heterogeneous communication buses (such as …
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Changing dynamics of the Chinese automotive industry : the impact of foreign investment, technology transfer, and WTO membership
The Chinese automotive industry was established 50 years ago with the technology transfer of a truck production system from the Soviet Union. Since then, it developed into a decentralized and fragmented truck industry layout due to the self-reliant and defensive policies set forth by the central …
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Structural Optimization of Thin Walled Tubular Structure for Crashworthiness
Crashworthiness design is gaining more importance in the automotive industry due to high competition and tight safety norms. Further there is a need for light weight structures in the automotive design. Structural optimization in last two decades have been widely explored to improve existing …
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Dynamic Mixed-Mode Fracture of Bonded Composite Joints for Automotive Crashworthiness
… a fracture envelope to be utilized in the automotive design process. These techniques make use of such test geometries as the double cantilever beam (DCB), asymmetric double cantilever beam (ADCB), single-leg bend (SLB), end-loaded split (ELS), and split cantilever beam (SCB) specimens. …
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Ästhetisches Verständnis und ästhetische Wertschätzung von Automobildesign : eine Frage der Expertise
Automobildesigner haben als Gestaltungsexperten die Aufgabe, die Identität und damit die Werte einer Marke in Formen zu übersetzen, welche eine Vielzahl von Kunden ansprechen (Giannini & Monti, 2003; Karjalainen, 2002). Für diesen Übersetzungsprozess ist es zielführend, ästhetische …
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Crashworthiness Multi-Material Topology Optimization for Minimum Mass
… topology optimization (MMTO) are effective for designing lightweight structures subjected to linear loading, but they cannot consider dynamic crash loading. Crashworthiness is most effectively simulated using dynamic finite element analysis (FEA) techniques due to the geometric and material …