Research in Engineering Design最新文献

{"title":"A general class of algebraic inequalities for generating new knowledge and optimising the design of systems and processes","authors":"Michael T. Todinov","doi":"10.1007/s00163-021-00381-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-021-00381-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A special class of general inequalities has been identified that provides the opportunity for generating new knowledge that can be used for optimising systems and processes in diverse areas of science and technology. It is demonstrated that inequalities belonging to this class can always be interpreted meaningfully if the variables and separate terms of the inequalities represent additive quantities. The meaningful interpretation of a new algebraic inequality based on the proposed general class of inequalities led to developing a light-weight design for a supporting structure based on cantilever beams, reducing the maximum force upon impact, generating new knowledge about the deflection of elastic elements connected in parallel and series and optimising the allocation of resources to maximise expected benefit. The interpretation of the new inequality yielded that the deflection of elastic elements connected in parallel is at least <span>(n^{2})</span> times smaller than the deflection of the same elastic elements connected in series, irrespective of the individual stiffness values of the elastic elements. The interpretation of another algebraic inequality from the proposed general class led to a method for decreasing the stiffness of a mechanical assembly by cyclic permutation of the elastic elements building the assembly. The analysis showed that a decrease of stiffness exists only if asymmetry of the stiffness values in the connected elements is present.</p>","PeriodicalId":49629,"journal":{"name":"Research in Engineering Design","volume":"84 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138505834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What distinguishes a model of systems engineering from other models of designing? An ontological, data-driven analysis","authors":"Kannengiesser, Udo, Gero, John S.","doi":"10.1007/s00163-021-00382-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-021-00382-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper investigates how the core technical processes of the INCOSE model of systems engineering differ from other models of designing used in the domains of mechanical engineering, software engineering and service design. The study is based on fine-grained datasets produced using mappings of the different models onto the function-behaviour-structure (FBS) ontology. By representing every model uniformly, the same statistical analyses can be carried out independently of the domain of the model. Results of correspondence analysis, cumulative occurrence analysis and Markov model analysis show that the INCOSE model differs from the other models in its increased emphasis on requirements and on behaviours derived from structure, in the uniqueness of its verification and validation phases, and in some patterns related to the temporal development and frequency distributions of FBS design issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":49629,"journal":{"name":"Research in Engineering Design","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138543486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"Why couldn't we do this more often?\": exploring the feasibility of virtual and distributed work in product design engineering.","authors":"Sharon Ferguson,&nbsp;Kimberly Lai,&nbsp;James Chen,&nbsp;Safa Faidi,&nbsp;Kevin Leonardo,&nbsp;Alison Olechowski","doi":"10.1007/s00163-022-00391-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-022-00391-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lower costs and higher employee satisfaction are some of the benefits driving organizations to adopt dispersed and virtual working arrangements. Despite these advantages, product design engineering teams-those who develop physical products-have not widely adopted this working style due to perceived critical dependence on physical facilities and the belief that it is ineffective to communicate technical details virtually. This paper uses the mass shift in working conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to explore the feasibility of virtual and distributed work in product design engineering. We conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with product design engineers working virtually to uncover current challenges of, and the beginning of promising strategies for, effective virtual engineering work. We categorize and analyze Tangible Design activities, Intangible Design activities, and Communication and Project Management activities throughout the product design process. Contrary to present opinions, we found that much of a product design engineer's work is realizable in a virtual and distributed setting. However, there are still many challenges, especially when attempting Tangible Design activities-those that require physical products and tools-from home. These challenges, missing from existing virtual product design engineering literature, include but are not limited to individuals' lessened sense of accountability, fewer de-risking opportunities before product sign-off, and limited supervision of production staff. Product design engineers described novel strategies that emerged organically to mitigate these challenges, such as creating digital alternatives for engineering reviews and sign-offs and leveraging rapid prototyping. Recent advances in technology, an increased commitment to reducing environmental impact, and better work-life balance expectations from new generations of workers will only push society faster towards a distributed working model. Thus, it is critical that we use this opportunity to understand the existing challenges for distributed product design engineers, so that organizations can best prepare and become resilient to future shocks.</p>","PeriodicalId":49629,"journal":{"name":"Research in Engineering Design","volume":"33 4","pages":"413-436"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9206873/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40400389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CDFA method: a way to assess assembly and installation performance of aircraft system architectures at the conceptual design.","authors":"Giovanni Formentini,&nbsp;Francois Bouissiere,&nbsp;Claude Cuiller,&nbsp;Pierre-Eric Dereux,&nbsp;Claudio Favi","doi":"10.1007/s00163-021-00378-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-021-00378-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper describes an engineering design methodology, called conceptual design for assembly (CDFA) in the context of aircraft development, to assess aircraft systems' installation during conceptual phase, in relation to industrial performance objectives. The methodology is based on a given framework (hierarchical structure) which includes a set of attributes, collected in recognized domains that characterize the aircraft systems installation. The framework of the CDFA methodology enables to analyze product architectures at different levels of granularity, splitting the global analysis into sub-problems (problem discretization) with the aim to help architects and designers to identify product architecture weaknesses in terms of fit for assembly performances. The CDFA methodology was applied on a complex system (the nose-fuselage of a commercial aircraft) presenting a high number of criticalities both for the product and its assembly operations. Results identified the architectural components leading to the less efficient assembly operations and the rationales enabling to elaborate alternative architectures for an improved product industrial efficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":49629,"journal":{"name":"Research in Engineering Design","volume":"33 1","pages":"31-52"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8763447/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39852679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Journal innovations, 2021 closure, and reviewers' gratitude.","authors":"Yoram Reich","doi":"10.1007/s00163-022-00383-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-022-00383-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49629,"journal":{"name":"Research in Engineering Design","volume":"33 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8781694/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39733753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Innovative design on the shop floor of the Saint-Nazaire Airbus factory","authors":"Honorine Harlé, S. Hooge, P. Le Masson, Kevin Levillain, B. Weil, G. Bulin, Thierry Ménard","doi":"10.1007/s00163-021-00380-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-021-00380-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49629,"journal":{"name":"Research in Engineering Design","volume":"14 1","pages":"69 - 86"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52348814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparing the effect of virtual and in-person instruction on students' performance in a design for additive manufacturing learning activity.","authors":"Anastasia M K Schauer,&nbsp;Kenton B Fillingim,&nbsp;Anna Pavleszek,&nbsp;Michael Chen,&nbsp;Katherine Fu","doi":"10.1007/s00163-022-00399-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-022-00399-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The goal of this work is to compare the outcome of a design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) heuristics lesson conducted in a virtual learning environment to the same in an in-person learning environment. Prior work revealed that receiving DfAM heuristics at different points in the design process impacts the quality and novelty of designs produced afterward, but this work may have been limited by the solely virtual format. In this work, an identical experiment was performed in a face-to-face learning environment. Results indicate that neither learning format presents an advantage over the other when it comes to the quality of designs produced during the intervention. Participants across all experimental groups reported an increase in self-efficacy after the intervention, with improved performance on quiz-type questions. However, the novelty and variety of the designs produced by the in-person experimental groups were significantly lower than that of the virtual experimental groups. In addition to validating the effectiveness of virtual instruction as a teaching method, these results also support the authors' hypothesis that the priming effect is stronger in an in-person classroom than in a virtual classroom.</p>","PeriodicalId":49629,"journal":{"name":"Research in Engineering Design","volume":"33 4","pages":"385-394"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9434074/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40353138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How do you play that makerspace game? An ethnographic exploration of the habitus of engineering makerspaces.","authors":"Melissa W Alemán,&nbsp;Megan E Tomko,&nbsp;Julie S Linsey,&nbsp;Robert L Nagel","doi":"10.1007/s00163-022-00393-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-022-00393-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drawing upon Bourdieu's conceptualization of habitus, this ethnographic study explores the cultural bases guiding engineering makerspaces at a public university in the United States. Students carry forms of capital that impact their entry into these learning spaces, over time becoming disciplined in the \"game\" of makerspaces as they accumulate capital through everyday talk and storytelling. Communication constructs the makerspace habitus as students (1) move from outsider to insider as they acquire forms of capital; (2) negotiate a habitus characterized by tensions of access vs. exclusivity; (3) learn to use the vocabularies of innovation and creativity; and (4) cultivate supportive making communities. Findings point to the critical role of intentional communication and space design in cultivating inclusive makerspace cultures.</p>","PeriodicalId":49629,"journal":{"name":"Research in Engineering Design","volume":"33 4","pages":"351-366"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9372517/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40617265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The research environmental impact disclosure","authors":"Y. Reich, M. Finkbeiner","doi":"10.1007/s00163-021-00379-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-021-00379-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49629,"journal":{"name":"Research in Engineering Design","volume":"33 1","pages":"3 - 5"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46169695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changeability and agility enablers in one-of-a-kind product development and design processes","authors":"Varl, M., Duhovnik, J., Tavčar, J.","doi":"10.1007/s00163-021-00377-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-021-00377-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The smart factories that are already beginning to appear employ a completely new approach to product creation. Smart products are uniquely identifiable and know both their current status and alternative routes to achieving their target state. Smart factories allow individual customer requirements to be met, meaning that even one-off items can be manufactured profitably. In smart industry, dynamic business and engineering processes enable last-minute changes to design and production, delivering the ability to respond flexibly to disruptions and failures on behalf of suppliers. This paper presents a case study of product development and design process renovation according to changeability paradigm in one-of-a-kind industrial environment. It demonstrates how integration of changeability with agile design strategies crucially contribute to improve the operations of a highly individualized product development business. Successful management of ‘never-ending’ engineering changes appears to be the most important aspect in this field. Contribution of the presented work is a generalized framework that demonstrates how companies in such specific environments can improve competitiveness through the utilization of changeability concepts. The included case study validated the proposed changeability model and offers valuable insights into how to implement this in practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":49629,"journal":{"name":"Research in Engineering Design","volume":"224 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138505855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}