Abstract: We present an interactive, computationally assisted, methodology for capturing and incorporating designer preferences into a numerical search for design concepts. An initial pool of manually created ...

Abstract: Reverse engineering, defined as extracting information about a product from the product itself, is a common industry practice for gaining insight into innovative products. Both the original ...

Abstract: System models help designers predict actual system output. Generally, variation in system inputs creates variation in system outputs. Designers often propagate variance through a system model by ...

Abstract: A major challenge in multidisciplinary system design is predicting the effects of design decisions at the point these decisions are being made. Because decisions at the beginning of system ...

Abstract: A method is presented for adapting the classical Bishop-Hill model to the requirements of elastic/yield-limited design in metals of arbitrary crystallographic texture. The proposed Hybrid Bishop-Hill ...

Abstract: This paper presents a method for treating material microstructure (crystallographic grain size, orientation, and distribution) as design variables that can be manipulated—for common or exotic ...

Abstract: The recent introduction and advancements in design of simple, constant-force mechanisms have created the potential for small-scale, low-cost, constant-force electronic connectors (CFECs). CFECs differ ...

Abstract: System modeling can help designers make and verify design decisions early in the design process if the model’s accuracy can be determined. The formula typically used to analytically propagate ...