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SIMULTANEOUS DEFINITION OF KEY CHARACTERISTICS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE ROBUST DESIGN IN EARLY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STAGES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2021

Stefan Goetz ,
Dennis Horber ,
Benjamin Schleich  and
Sandro Wartzack
Stefan Goetz*
Affiliation:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Dennis Horber
Affiliation:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Benjamin Schleich
Affiliation:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Sandro Wartzack
Affiliation:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
*
Goetz, Stefan, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Engineering Design, Germany, goetz@mfk.fau.de

Abstract

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The success of complex product development projects strongly depends on the clear definition of target factors that allow a reliable statement about the fulfilment of the product requirements. In the context of tolerancing and robust design, Key Characteristics (KCs) have been established for this purpose and form the basis for all downstream activities. In order to integrate the activities related to the KC definition into product development as early as possible, the often vaguely formulated requirements must be translated into quantifiable KCs. However, this is primarily a manual process, so the results strongly depend on the experience of the design engineer.

In order to overcome this problem, a novel computer-aided approach is presented, which automatically derives associated functions and KCs already during the definition of product requirements. The approach uses natural language processing and formalized design knowledge to extract and provide implicit information from the requirements. This leads to a clear definition of the requirements and KCs and thus creates a founded basis for robustness evaluation at the beginning of the concept design stage. The approach is exemplarily applied to a window lifter.

Keywords

Robust designConceptual designRequirementsEarly design phases

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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 1: ICED21 , August 2021 , pp. 2691 - 2700
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