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WU Qingming
MEI Huafeng
School of Power and Mechanical
Engineering,
Wuhan University,
Wuhan 430072, Chin
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ADAPTABLE DESIGN IN PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT
Abstract:
A newly emerging design pattern, named as adaptable design (AD), which aims at developing products that are adaptable from design to post-life cycle, is discussed. AD consists of four main phases: product modeling, design platform, specific design and product redesign. A new process-based design data model (PDDM) is presented which is organized according to the principles of convenient knowledge extraction, data representation, layout, sharing and reuse. Based on the PDDM, a universal design platform for product family development is established, which has characters of modularity, parameter-driven, variant design, etc. The framework of the platform is also proposed as a conceptual structure and overall logical organization for generating a family of products. AD methodology is successfully applied to develop a family of tunnel boring machine (TBM) for different engineering projects, with the efficiency of our developing team being greatly increased.
Key words:
Adaptable design Product development Process-based design data model(PDDM)
Design platform
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