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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"concept selection"”.
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A practical application of concept selection methods for high-speed marine vehicle design
… engineering principles, including the Pugh concept selection tool and design spiral methodology. Additionally, Chapter 3 provides an example of those principles and methods as they are applied to the hull design for a high-speed naval vehicle. The combination of system engineering principles …
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Designing systems for many possible futures : the RSC-based method for affordable concept selection (RMACS), with multi-era analysis
… advanced constructs and methods for early-phase conceptual design of complex systems, when committed costs are still low and management influence is still high. First, a literature review is presented of the topics relevant to this work, including approaches to the design of affordable systems, …
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Selecting Appropriate Product Concepts for Manufacture in Developing Countries
… and take them into account within a traditional concept selection process. <p>Environment was found to play a part in the Product Development Cycle. By clarifying Enterprise Needs as well as Customer Needs or Functional Needs, a more balanced approach can be taken to the concept selection process …
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Petroleum development optimization under uncertainty : integrating multi-compartment tank models in mixed integer non-linear programs
… the contents of the field development plan many concept and ideas would have to be screened so that the best ideas and concepts are carried forward for detailed analysis. This screening process can be daunting as there is no limit to the number of viable concepts and ideas. To add to this, for a …
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Design as a search problem : interactive visualization for system design under uncertainty
… analytic tools for early-stage system concept selection. Next, new interactive visualization applications for system concept selection are introduced to demonstrate the feasibility, usefulness and scalability of IEEA as an integrated visual analytics system. Finally, to characterize the …
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Design and prototype of a lamp build kit for STEM education
… learn about basic engineering and electronics concepts. This project concerns redesigning an early-stage prototype to further the product development and move it towards mass-manufacturability. The design process began with different levels of ideation and concept selection. Then, models were …
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Design and development of plugged lactiferous duct treatment technology for nursing women
… statement and are listed and explained. The concept generation, concept selection, concept refinement, and prototyping phases are described. Finally, recommendations for future development are discussed.
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Manufacturing and design of low cost stackable drawer for mass production
… creative idea generation and analysis, concept selection and iteration, design verification, and implementation - is used to propose a solution. Concept designs are primarily explored in CAD models. Designs are verified and analyzed for mechanical integrity through finite element …
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Design and Modeling of the Navy Integrated Power and Energy Corridor Cooling System
… the initial investigation, equipment analysis, concept selection, and proof-of-concept testing that set the foundation for future prototyping and NiPEC cooling system development.
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Predicting and managing system interactions at early phase of the product development process
… is critical for project management, design concept selection, and system architecture decisions. However, existing methods that address the system interactions issues, such as the Design Structure Matrix (DSM), are good analysis tools, but cannot be used during conceptual synthesis when the …
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Approximate life-cycle assessment of product concepts using learning systems
… method that provides fast evaluations of product concepts. Traditional life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies and their streamlined analytical versions are costly, time-consuming, and data intensive. Thus, they are not practical to apply during early concept design phases where little information is …
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Tools and Metrics for Evaluating Modular Product Concepts Based on Strategic Objectives
… modular product designs for the purposes of concept selection based on the strategic goals that the product must achieve. Several examples, as well as a case study, are presented in this document to show how to use the tools contained herein and to illustrate their usefulness. With the …
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Semantic interpretation of events in lifelogging
… data at an event level, we define a set of concepts using an ontology which is appropriate to the wearer, applying automatic detection of concepts to these events and then semantically enriching each of the detected lifelog events making them an index into the events. Once this enrichment is …
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Vehicle concept exploration and avionics architecture design for a fast package delivery system
… sensitive to vehicle speed, the optimal vehicle concept was determined to be a Mach 6 hypersonic aircraft. Due to the small payload weight (200 lb) the overall vehicle size and cost are highly sensitive to equipment weight. Therefore substantial savings could be realized if the aircraft were …
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Shaping of Strategic Staffing System
… multiple systems did. The System Engineering’s Concept Selection Method was used to surface the best components and generate new concepts to meet users’ needs. This study suggests that there is no ready-to-use system that fully caters to stakeholder’s needs. The components of a “world-class” …
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A strategic framework for effective sketch modeling
… models" in 2.009, are made and used in the concept selection phase to explore and validate the design teams concepts. At this point students are new to the design process and unsure of how to develop physical models that are not merely physical representation of their concepts but also tools …
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Cost-effective Design of Automotive Framing Systems Using Flexibility and Reconfigurability Principles
… Manufacturing Systems (RMS) is a relatively new concept, which if adopted properly, will become a design foundation for the next generation of world-class production systems. They will help automotive companies achieve rapid response and cost-effective product delivery aligned with the current …
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A technology-driven solution to disrupt the residential real estate industry of existing homes
… a proposed system would exist. Following this, concepts are generated using an intra-industry morphological matrix approach. However, in the concept selection phase, the previous approach reveals significant gaps in unmet primary stakeholder needs using technology. As such, inter-industry …
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Development of Deployable Wings for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Compliant Mechanisms
… A number of compliant, deployable wing concepts are generated and a classification system for them is formed. The pool of generated concepts serves as a basis for stimulating future concept ideas. A methodology is also proposed for evaluating concepts for a given application. The …