Enumerating the Component Space: First Steps toward a Design Naming Convention for Mechanical Parts
Abstract
A standard naming convention for mechanical parts is proposed in this paper. We refer to this naming convention as the component basis. the component basis is a first step at classifying an exhaustive list of human-made mechanical transmission artifacts as functional forms, geometric shapes, simple machines, and natural forms. the proposed component basis provides a framework for the development of a suite of computational conceptual design tools. This suite of design tools includes a function-Based computational concept generator and a product evolution methodology.
Recommended Citation
J. L. Greer et al., "Enumerating the Component Space: First Steps toward a Design Naming Convention for Mechanical Parts," Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, vol. 3, pp. 707 - 718, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Jan 2003.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1115/detc2003/dtm-48666
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Component basis; Concept generator; Design languages; Function-component matrix; Product decomposition
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
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Publication Date
01 Jan 2003
