Design guidelines as ideation tools – a user study on exploring the subjectivity of unit-cell design guidelines

IF 1.2 Q4 ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING

International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation Pub Date : 2019-04-03 DOI:10.1080/21650349.2018.1473170

M. Fazelpour, Apurva Patel, Prabhu Shankar, J. Summers

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Abstract

Abstract A user study is designed and carried out to evaluate the subjectivity of four unit-cell design (UCD) guidelines and demonstrate how inexperienced designers re-design novel unit-cells using the guidelines as ideation tools. UCD guidelines outline a set of instructions on changing important parameters to guide engineers in intentionally redesigning shapes and topologies for unit-cells when considering a desired structural behavior. The subjectivity of the guidelines is evaluated based on the similarities among modified unit-cells as a result of applying guidelines to initial unit-cells. The metric to measure similarity qualitatively is based on topology and shape definitions. The results show there are similarities among the modified unit-cells; however, two guidelines led to generate more diverse modified unit-cells. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the guidelines is demonstrated by conducting comparative simulation studies on the hexagonal honeycomb unit-cell and top modified unit-cells for each guideline. The results of this study demonstrate the guidelines can be used as ideation tools for the conceptual design of novel unit-cells while the novel unit-cells fulfill a conceptual definition of creativity.

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作为构思工具的设计指南——探索单元设计指南主观性的用户研究

设计并开展了一项用户研究，以评估四个单元格设计(UCD)指南的主观性，并展示缺乏经验的设计师如何使用指南作为构思工具重新设计新的单元格。UCD指南概述了一组关于改变重要参数的说明，以指导工程师在考虑所需的结构行为时有意地重新设计单元格的形状和拓扑。将准则应用于初始单元格，根据修正单元格之间的相似性来评估准则的主观性。定性地度量相似性的度量是基于拓扑和形状定义的。结果表明，经过修饰的细胞间存在相似之处;然而，两个指导方针导致产生更多样化的修改单位细胞。此外，通过对每条准则的六边形蜂窝单元格和顶部修正单元格进行对比仿真研究，验证了准则的有效性。本研究的结果表明，这些指南可以作为新单元-细胞概念设计的构思工具，而新单元-细胞则满足了创造力的概念定义。

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International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation is an international publication that provides a forum for discussing the nature and potential of creativity and innovation in design from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Design creativity and innovation is truly an interdisciplinary academic research field that will interest and stimulate researchers of engineering design, industrial design, architecture, art, and similar areas. The journal aims to not only promote existing research disciplines but also pioneer a new one that lies in the intermediate area between the domains of systems engineering, information technology, computer science, social science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and related fields. The journal covers, but is not restricted to, the following topics: ·Theories on Design Creativity and Innovation ·Cognition of Design Creativity ·Innovative Process ·Inventive Process ·Analogical Reasoning for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Design Synthesis ·Method and Tools for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Representation of Design Creativity and Innovation ·Education for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Concept Generation and Inspiration.