1. Guiding functional design of mechanical products through rule-based causal behavioural reasoning.
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Tor, S. B., Britton, G. A., Zhang, W. Y., and Deng, Y.-M.
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MECHANICAL engineering ,TECHNICAL specifications ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,PRODUCTION engineering ,HUMAN error ,RESEARCH - Abstract
The paper presents a behaviour-driven functional (B-FES) modelling framework for functional design of mechanical products based on a rule-based causal behavioural reasoning step to guide the design process. A new representation scheme called rule-based behavioural representation (causal behavioural rules) was developed to facilitate causal behavioural reasoning, with which the interconnected physical behaviours can be reasoned out from a desired function. The behaviour schema was then used to select and arrange embodiments (abstractions of physical artefacts) to develop a set of potential concept variants. The proposed approach was not only useful in the creation of new configurations (combinations) from a library of standard physical behaviours, but also it might be used to generate specifications of new physical behaviours. A design case study of a terminal feeding unit is presented to demonstrate the practicality of the proposed approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2002
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