Case prototype-based design support tool for mechanical product conceptual design

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan Mao ◽  
Qingwen Wang ◽  
Xingfang Zhang ◽  
Ji Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Design Support ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Design Support Tool

Research and Development of Offshore Platforms for SMS Mining: Part 2—Conceptual Design of the Platform

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotaro Masanobu ◽  
Shunji Kato ◽  
Shigesuke Ishida ◽  
Shotaro Uto
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Offshore Platform ◽  
Offshore Platforms ◽  
Design Support ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Dynamic Positioning System ◽  
Operation Conditions ◽  
Design Support Tool

National Maritime Research Institute of Japan (NMRI) has been developing the integrated design support tool, called “Harmonic Design Tool”, for evaluating economical / safe / environmental aspects of the offshore platform. We are also conducting the conceptual design of the offshore platforms for assessing the availability and accuracy of this design support tool. Seafloor massive sulphides (SMS) are high-grade hydrothermal deposits rich in copper, zinc and lead with a high gold and silver content. The Japanese Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ) is well known to have high potential of SMS. Thus we decided the SMS mining as one of the most promising applications for the offshore platform technologies. Based on the published potential map of resources and the metocean database established in this project, we decided Izu-Bonin Arc as the target sea area and derived the design and operation conditions for the offshore mining platform. Then we proceeded to the basic concept such as the production rate and storage capacity, dynamic positioning system for station keeping and operation availability. This paper presents the review of the conceptual design of the offshore platform for SMS mining.

The ELVA Project's EV Design Support Tool

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arturo Davila ◽  
Emilia Romero ◽  
Marina Roche ◽  
Marco Mammetti ◽  
Javier Gutierrez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Support ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Design Support Tool

Formalizing abstract characteristics of style

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
KIMBERLE KOILE
Keyword(s):  
Computational Design ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Design Support ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Physical Form ◽  
Design Support Tool

This paper claims that style, in addition to being identified by common visible physical characteristics of form, can be thought of in terms of a set of common abstract characteristics. A prototype computational design support tool is described that explores this idea in the domain of architecture. The Architect's Collaborator (TAC) supports articulation and evaluation of abstract characteristics of style (e.g., experiential characteristics such as privacy and shelter) and does so by mapping abstract characteristics to details of physical form. The implementation of TAC is described and successful experiments are reported in which abstract characteristics of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie houses were mapped to physical form characteristics and used to evaluate Prairie and non-Prairie houses.

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