AN APPROACH FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION OF AXIOMATIC DESIGN
Year: 2015
Editor: Christian Weber, Stephan Husung, Marco Cantamessa, Gaetano Cascini, Dorian Marjanovic, Srinivasan Venkataraman
Author: Weber, Jakob; Kößler, Johannes; Paetzold, Kristin
Series: ICED
Institution: 1: Daimler AG, Germany; 2: Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany
Section: Design Theory and Research Methodology, Design Processes
Page(s): 097-106
ISBN: 978-1-904670-65-0
ISSN: 2220-4334
Abstract
This paper presents an Axiomatic Design based approach which aims to simplify the application of this methodology in everyday working life of engineers. As a basis Axiomatic Design Theory is chosen because of its clear representation of dependencies of functional requirements. This provides a good control for designers if their design maintains functional independence and therewith the principles of good design. Based on the original methodology a new shortened procedure has been developed. The focus of this procedure has been set on applying Suh s independence axiom on the most abstract levels during decomposition of the design task. The presented procedure is meant either as first steps into a complex design methodology or as a kind of approximation in early design phases. This approximation can be detailed to a full Axiomatic Design approach during the following design steps. The effects of using this shortened approach have been evaluated by carrying out a common design task. Finally the results of this evaluation have been discussed critically.
Keywords: Axiomatic Design, Design Methodology, Early Design Phases