A Parametric Approach to Vehicle Seating Buck Design

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nanxin Wang ◽  
Jian Wan ◽  
Gianna Gomez-Levi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
Vehicle Design ◽  
Design Decision ◽  
Parametric Approach ◽  
Vehicle Interior ◽  
Package Design ◽  
Spatial Environment ◽  
Entire Vehicle ◽  
Packaging Structure

Vehicle package development is an important part of the entire vehicle design. It consists of determining the occupant’s spatial environment, the vehicle’s mechanical spatial configuration and the overall exterior/interior dimensions while meeting the engineering requirements, including packaging, structure, manufacturing, etc. Developing and verifying the occupant compartment configuration is usually conducted by using a seating buck. To build a seating buck, vehicle interior surfaces are generated in CAD using vehicle exterior surfaces, package layouts and master sections. During early program stages, this information is scattered, incomplete and constantly changing, which makes the seating buck creation challenging and the package design decision-making more difficult. A new method has been developed to quickly generate the seating buck surfaces from scattered information. It has shown to significantly reduce the time conventionally required for the seating buck surface modeling. This paper documents the method and process and summarizes the potential of the method and its impact on vehicle package design.

scholarly journals Integrating Value Considerations in the Decision Making for the Design of Biorefineries

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 2927-2955
Author(s):  
Mar Palmeros Parada ◽  
Lotte Asveld ◽  
Patricia Osseweijer ◽  
John Alexander Posada
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Complex Systems ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Decision ◽  
Value Sensitive Design ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Design Alternatives ◽  
Biobased Production

AbstractBiobased production has been promoted as a sustainable alternative to fossil resources. However, controversies over its impact on sustainability highlight societal concerns, value tensions and uncertainties that have not been taken into account during its development. In this work, the consideration of stakeholders’ values in a biorefinery design project is investigated. Value sensitive design (VSD) is a promising approach to the design of technologies with consideration of stakeholders’ values, however, it is not directly applicable for complex systems like biorefineries. Therefore, some elements of VSD, such as the identification of relevant values and their connection to a technology’s features, are brought into biorefinery design practice. Midstream modulation (MM), an approach to promoting the consideration of societal aspects during research and development activities, is applied to promote reflection and value considerations during the design decision making. As result, it is shown that MM interventions during the design process led to new design alternatives in support of stakeholders' values, and allowed to recognize and respond to emerging value tensions within the scope of the project. In this way, the present work shows a novel approach for the technical investigation of VSD, especially for biorefineries. Also, based on this work it is argued that not only reflection, but also flexibility and openness are important for the application of VSD in the context of biorefinery design.

Arrow's Theorem and Engineering Design Decision Making

1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 218-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Scott ◽  
Erik K. Antonsson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Decision ◽  
Arrow’S Theorem ◽  
Arrow's Theorem

scholarly journals Systems Thinking in Tolerance and Quality-related Design Decision-making

Procedia CIRP ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 59-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Hoffenson ◽  
Rikard Söderberg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Design Decision ◽  
Related Design

A User-Centered Medical Device Design Decision Making Approach Using Hybrid Rough Cooperative Game Model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liting Jing ◽  
Junfeng Ma
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Medical Device ◽  
Set Theory ◽  
Cooperative Game ◽  
Rough Set ◽  
Rough Set Theory ◽  
Design Decision ◽  
Device Design ◽  
Medical Device Design ◽  
User Centered

Abstract With the advancement of new technologies and diverse customer-centered design requirements, the medical device design decision making becomes challenge. Incorporating multiple stakeholders’ requirements into the medical device design will significantly affect the market competitiveness and performance. The classic design decision making approaches mainly focused on design criteria priority determination and conceptual schemes evaluation, which lack the capacity of reflecting the interdependence of interest among stakeholders and capturing the ambiguous influence on the overall design expectations, leading to the unreliable decision making results. In order to relax these constraints in the medical device design, this paper incorporates rough set theory with cooperative game theory model to develop a novel user-centered design decision making framework. The proposed approach is composed of three components: 1) end/professional user needs identification and classification, 2) evaluation criteria correlation diagram and scheme value matrix establishment using rough set theory; and 3) fuzzy coalition utility model development to obtain optimal desirability considering users’ conflict interests. We used a blood pressure meter case study to demonstrate and validate the proposed approach. Compared with the traditional Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) approach, the proposed approach is more robust.

scholarly journals Factors of Group Design Decision Making

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Jackson ◽  
Nathan Mentzer ◽  
Angelika Zissimopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Design Decision ◽  
Group Design

Simulation and Mock-Up Research Methods to Enhance Design Decision Making

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin K. Peavey ◽  
Jason Zoss ◽  
Nicholas Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Design Decision
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