Iterative and Participative Axiomatic Design Process in complex mechanical assemblies: case study on fusion engineering

The present paper proposes a structured Product Development Lifecycle (PDL) model to deal with the concept design stage of complex assemblies. The proposed method provides a systematic approach to design, aimed to improve requirements management, project management and communication among stakeholde...

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Published in:International journal on interactive design and manufacturing 2015-11, Vol.9 (4), p.325-338
Main Authors: Di Gironimo, G., Lanzotti, A., Marzullo, D., Esposito, G., Carfora, D., Siuko, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assemblies
CAE) and Design
Case studies
Cognition & reasoning
Collaboration
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD
Conceptual design
Design
Electronics and Microelectronics
Engineering
Engineering Design
Industrial Design
Instrumentation
Iterative methods
Life cycle product development
Locking systems
Mechanical Engineering
Original Paper
Product development
Project development
Project management
Software engineering
Systems development
Systems engineering
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Summary:The present paper proposes a structured Product Development Lifecycle (PDL) model to deal with the concept design stage of complex assemblies. The proposed method provides a systematic approach to design, aimed to improve requirements management, project management and communication among stakeholders as well as to avoid project failures reducing project development time. This research also provides suggestions and recommendations for utilizing different analysis, synthesis and assessment methodologies along with the proposed approach. The process developed, named Iterative and Participative Axiomatic Design Process (IPADeP), is consistent with ISO/IEC 15288:2008 – “Systems and software engineering”, and INCOSE Systems engineering handbook. It is an iterative and incremental design process, participative and requirements driven, based on the theory of Axiomatic Product Development Lifecycle (APDL). IPADeP provides a systematic methodology in which, starting from a set of experts’ assumptions, a number of conceptual solutions are generated, analysed and evaluated. Based on the results obtained, new iterations can be performed for each level of decomposition while product requirements are refined. In this paper, we applied IPADeP to the initial phase of conceptual design activities for DEMO divertor-to-vacuum vessel locking system in order to propose new innovative solutions.
ISSN:1955-2513
1955-2505
DOI:10.1007/s12008-015-0270-7