Computer-Based Design Synthesis Research: An Overview

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amaresh Chakrabarti ◽  
Kristina Shea ◽  
Robert Stone ◽  
Jonathan Cagan ◽  
Matthew Campbell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Design Solutions ◽  
Synthesis Research ◽  
Computational Design Synthesis

One of the hallmarks of engineering design is the design synthesis phase where the creativity of the designer most prominently comes into play as solutions are generated to meet underlying needs. Over the past decades, methodologies for generating concepts and design solutions have matured to the point that computation-based synthesis provides a means to explore a wider variety of solutions and take over more tedious design tasks. This paper reviews advances in function-based, grammar-based, and analogy-based synthesis approaches and their contributions to computational design synthesis research in the last decade.

Simulation-Based Computational Design Synthesis Using Automated Generation of Simulation Models From Concept Model Graphs

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clemens Muenzer ◽  
Kristina Shea
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Large Solution ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Concept Model ◽  
Engineering Design Problems ◽  
Computational Design Synthesis

Current approaches in computational design synthesis (CDS) enable the human designer to explore large solution spaces for engineering design problems. To extend this to support designers in embodiment and detail design, not only the generation of solution spaces is needed but also the automated evaluation of engineering performance. Here, simulation methods can be used effectively to predict the behavior of a product. This paper builds on a general approach to automatically generate solution spaces for energy and signal-based engineering design tasks using first-order logic and Boolean satisfiability. The generated concept model graphs (CMGs) are now in this paper automatically transformed into corresponding bond-graph-based simulation models. To do this, guidelines for creating partial simulation models for the available synthesis building blocks are presented. The guidelines ensure valid causality in the final simulation model. Considering the connections in the concept model graphs, the simulation models are automatically generated and simulated. The simulation results are then used to calculate different objectives, constraints, and performance metrics. The method is validated using automotive powertrains as a case study. One hundred and sixty-two different powertrain concepts are generated and evaluated, showing the advantages of electric powertrains with respect to CO2 emissions and the importance of considering intelligent control strategies in the future for hybrid ones.

scholarly journals Closed Shell Iron(IV) Oxo Complex with an Fe–O Triple Bond: Computational Design, Synthesis, and Reactivity

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (51) ◽  
pp. 23137-23144
Author(s):  
Erik Andris ◽  
Koen Segers ◽  
Jaya Mehara ◽  
Lubomír Rulíšek ◽  
Jana Roithová
Keyword(s):  
Triple Bond ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Closed Shell ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Computational Design Synthesis

Computational design, synthesis and utilization of a magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer on graphene oxide nanosheets for highly selective extraction and determination of buprenorphine in biological fluids and tablets

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (43) ◽  
pp. 5214-5226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farideh Ganjavi ◽  
Mehdi Ansari ◽  
Maryam Kazemipour ◽  
Leila Zeidabadinejad
Keyword(s):  
Biological Fluids ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Selective Extraction ◽  
Graphene Oxide Nanosheets ◽  
Imprinted Polymer ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Molecularly Imprinted ◽  
Plasma And Urine Samples ◽  
Computational Design Synthesis

A magnetic MIP for the selective extraction of buprenorphine (BUP) from real plasma and urine samples and tablets based on computational design as a novel procedure has been developed.

Toward an automated approach to the design of sheet metal components

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADITYA SOMAN ◽  
SWAPNIL PADHYE ◽  
MATTHEW I. CAMPBELL
Keyword(s):  
Sheet Metal ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Manufacturing Operations ◽  
Grammar Rules ◽  
Computational Design Synthesis ◽  
Representation Scheme ◽  
Sheet Metal Component ◽  
Synthesis Approach

The design of sheet metal components is perhaps one of the more challenging concurrent activities for design and manufacturing engineers. To aid this design process, a method is developed to encapsulate the constraints of sheet metal that make designing such components a tedious and iterative procedure. This project involves the implementation and testing of a geometric representation scheme for building feasible sheet metal components through the use of 17 grammar rules that capture manufacturing operations like cutting and bending. The implemented system has benefits both as a user interaction tool and as the basis for a computational design synthesis approach for designing sheet metal components. An example of a constructed sheet metal component is shown along with the method for invoking the sheet metal grammar to create this component.

scholarly journals Computational design, Synthesis of 4,6-dihydroxy-2-phenyl-1-benzofuran-3(2H)-one derivatives as new leads for anti-cancer activity

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 896-908
Author(s):  
Raghava Doonaboyina ◽  
Abhilasha Mittal ◽  
Sridhar Babu Gummadi
Keyword(s):  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Sodium Acetate ◽  
Cancer Cell Line ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Computational Tools ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Anti Cancer ◽  
Phenyl Acetonitrile ◽  
Computational Design Synthesis ◽  
Cancer Activity

Benzofuranone is a bicyclic ring where a benzene ring fused with a furanone. Computation chemistry plays a major role in the development of new lead molecules. Computational tools docking, virtual screening, ADMET prediction are utilised in the identification of new lead molecules. Synthetic chemistry plays a major in developing a series of potent anti-cancer agents. Benzofuranone was synthesized by reacting benzene diols, and triols with bromo phenyl acetonitrile yielded an imine derivative are converted to a ketone with treatment with hydrochloric acid then cyclised with sodium acetate. The compounds identity and purity were confirmed by spectral and analytical methods. Benzofuranone derivatives are screened antineoplastic activity was performed against human skin cancer cell line G361 at micro molecular concentrations. The compounds IA, IB, ID, IE, IF, was found to be with potent activity.

New Advances in the Functional Modeling of Electro-Mechanical Components

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew I. Campbell ◽  
Advait Limaye
Keyword(s):  
Computational Design ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Topological Design ◽  
Functional Representation ◽  
Component Layout ◽  
Computational Design Synthesis ◽  
Function Sharing

This paper presents some key extensions to a representation for electromechanical components that is sufficiently detailed enough to provide for the automated construction of new design configurations. The extensions, shown here, build upon a representation that is both formal and implemented, and can handle the interactions between components even if such interactions represent only partial configurations. The results of these new additions elucidate the power and flexibility of this functional representation for electromechanical components. The method can be used as an interactive tool to allow an engineering designer to explore new design concepts or can be combined with additional software tools to achieve a computational design synthesis approach to topological design problems. The inclusion of function sharing, component layout, and qualitative dynamics achieve a closer approach to how the human mind represents components.

A Spatial Grammar Method for the Computational Design Synthesis of Virtual Soft Locomotion Robots

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Merel van Diepen ◽  
Kristina Shea
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Search Space ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Spatial Grammar ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Computational Design Synthesis ◽  
Simulation Feedback

Soft locomotion robots are intrinsically compliant and have a large number of degrees of freedom. They lack rigid components that provide them with higher flexibility, and they have no joints that need protection from liquids or dirt. However, the hand-design of soft robots is often a lengthy trail-and-error process. This work presents the computational design of virtual, soft locomotion robots using an approach that integrates simulation feedback. The computational approach consists of three stages: (1) generation, (2) evaluation through simulation, and (3) optimization. Here, designs are generated using a spatial grammar to explicitly guide the type of solutions generated and exclude infeasible designs. The soft material simulation method developed and integrated is stable and sufficiently fast for use in a highly iterative simulated annealing search process. The resulting virtual designs exhibit a large variety of expected and unexpected gaits, thus demonstrating the method capabilities. Finally, the optimization results and the spatial grammar are analyzed to understand and map the challenges of the problem and the search space.

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