A Top-Down Concept Selection Integrating Analytical and Optimization Approaches
Abstract
This paper proposes a top-down approach for product concept selection. The proposed approach integrates an analytical approach to define an acceptable part specification range (part range), and an optimization approach to find optimum tolerances of part specifications. In the analytical part of the procedure, an inverse of design matrix is used to identify a part range. In the optimization part of the procedure, a product cost is defined as a function of part specification tolerances, and optimization algorithm is used to find optimum part specification tolerances that minimize the cost of the concept. The concept with the minimum cost is selected as the optimum concept. The usefulness of the proposed approach is demonstrated using an illustrative example. Copyright © 2009 by ASME.
Recommended Citation
S. Takai et al., "A Top-Down Concept Selection Integrating Analytical and Optimization Approaches," Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009, DETC2009, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Jan 2010.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2009-86738
Meeting Name
2009 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2009
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Second Department
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Design Matrix; Tolerance Cost Function; Top-Down
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2010
