Managing new technologies in conceptual engineering design, demonstrated on innovative positive displacement device

Roser, HM; Dartnall, WJ

Managing new technologies in conceptual engineering design, demonstrated on innovative positive displacement device

Roser, HM Dartnall, WJ

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Citation:: ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE), 2007, 7 pp. 79 - 84
Issue Date:: 2007-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Roser, HM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dartnall, WJ	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE), 2007, 7 pp. 79 - 84	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	0791843017	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/2070
dc.description.abstract	Copyright © 2007 by ASME. In this work, a simple method is presented, assisting engineering designers in dealing with innovative technologies during the conceptual phase of engineering design. The technique emphasises on determining Critical Design Issues, as well as evaluating new technologies early on in order to define a Critical Design Path. Since time and budget constraints often demand prompt design decisions, a systematic, easy-to-follow concept analysis and evaluation framework is introduced, allowing engineers to quickly identify critical design issues. The proposed method is demonstrated using the conceptual development of an innovative positive displacement device as a case study. The study indicates that, particularly in absence of essential knowledge within early development stages, experimental design can provide a cost effective method of identifying potential design problems, and thus, reducing design iterations, development time and risk, as long as a suitable design process is also in place. The evaluation of potential design solutions can be achieved by conceptual prototypes, which may represent a specific critical technology, or embody initial ideas to quickly gain knowledge that is crucial for the development of new design concepts. This allows the designer to reduce intuition and guesswork, whilst detecting unanticipated effects and phenomena, delivering deeper insight and communicating ideas. The method proved to be a significant tool for rapid and goal-oriented conceptual design. Through the proliferation of recent prototyping technologies, along with a reduction of design iterations, the concepts could be developed and verified on a low budget over a short development time.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1115/IMECE2007-43872	en_US
dc.title	Managing new technologies in conceptual engineering design, demonstrated on innovative positive displacement device	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	7	en_US
utslib.for	0905 Civil Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0913 Mechanical Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	Seatlle, USA	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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pubs.volume	7	en_US

Abstract:

Copyright © 2007 by ASME. In this work, a simple method is presented, assisting engineering designers in dealing with innovative technologies during the conceptual phase of engineering design. The technique emphasises on determining Critical Design Issues, as well as evaluating new technologies early on in order to define a Critical Design Path. Since time and budget constraints often demand prompt design decisions, a systematic, easy-to-follow concept analysis and evaluation framework is introduced, allowing engineers to quickly identify critical design issues. The proposed method is demonstrated using the conceptual development of an innovative positive displacement device as a case study. The study indicates that, particularly in absence of essential knowledge within early development stages, experimental design can provide a cost effective method of identifying potential design problems, and thus, reducing design iterations, development time and risk, as long as a suitable design process is also in place. The evaluation of potential design solutions can be achieved by conceptual prototypes, which may represent a specific critical technology, or embody initial ideas to quickly gain knowledge that is crucial for the development of new design concepts. This allows the designer to reduce intuition and guesswork, whilst detecting unanticipated effects and phenomena, delivering deeper insight and communicating ideas. The method proved to be a significant tool for rapid and goal-oriented conceptual design. Through the proliferation of recent prototyping technologies, along with a reduction of design iterations, the concepts could be developed and verified on a low budget over a short development time.

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