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DEVELOPMENT OF A DESIGN SUPPORT TOOL FOR SYNTHESISING MULTI-STATE MECHANICAL DEVICE CONCEPTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2023

Anubhab Majumder  and
Amaresh Chakrabarti
Anubhab Majumder*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Amaresh Chakrabarti
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
*
Majumder, Anubhab, Indian Institute of Science, India, anubhabm@iisc.ac.in

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Conceptual design synthesis, which focuses on generating solution alternatives, has a significant impact on the cost and quality of the final product. The development of radically new and significantly better solutions requires the generation and exploration of a large solution space. This work deals with the conceptual design synthesis of multi-state mechanical devices (MSMD). A scheme for representing a MSMD design task is described. Empirical studies have been carried out to develop a common understanding of the MSMD design synthesis process and use this knowledge for developing a prescriptive model. In order to support the effective and efficient use of the proposed prescriptive model, a web-based computational tool is developed.

Keywords

Conceptual designDesign methodologyComputational design methodsDesign support toolMulti-state mechanical devices
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Article
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 3: ICED23 , July 2023 , pp. 1455 - 1464
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