Abstract: Remanufacture involves the disassembly, cleaning, and replacement or refurbishment of worn parts of products at the end of life. Since the essential goal of remanufacture is part reuse, the ...

Abstract: Environmentally conscious design is approached through analysis and further development of a reliability model that facilitates design for reuse of products. Many reliability models may not he ...

Abstract: Remanufacture offers significant economic and ecological advantages over other end-of-life options for appropriate products. The goal of this research is to estimate replacement requirements of ...

Abstract: Biology is recognized as an excellent source of analogies and stimuli for engineering design. Previous work focused on the systematic identification of relevant biological analogies by searching ...

Abstract: The biological world provides numerous cases for analogy and inspiration. From simple cases such as hook and latch attachments to articulated-wing flying vehicles, nature provides many sources ...