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New combination of methods for supporting a simplified set-based design approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Mikael Ström ,
Göran Gustafsson  and
Johannesson Hans
Mikael Ström*
Affiliation:
RISE, Sweden
Göran Gustafsson
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Johannesson Hans
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
*
mikael.strom@ri.se

Abstract

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This work presents a Set-Based Design inspired approach for generation, evaluation and reduction of a solution space of alternative product concepts. Also, the aspect of how to implement the process in an industrial environment was investigated. The hypothesis, confirmed by case studies, is that it can be done using existing methods like Enhanced functional modelling, brainwriting, the Gallery method, Axiomatic Design, causal diagrams and Pugh matrices. The method can be successfully introduced in a timeframe of a few working days and support development engineers in the concept design phase.

Keywords

set-based designaxiomatic designcausal diagramsconceptual designsystematic approach nineteenth

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Design Theory and Research Methods
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 135 - 144
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