Title :
Classification of design theories and methodologies for effective industrial applications
Author :
Zhang, W.J. ; Li, J.W. ; Zettl, B.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Mech. Eng., Donghua Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Design theories and methodologies (DTM) have been developed extensively for the last three decades. However, the industrial awareness of DTM is very limited according to our investigation of nearly 30 manufacturing firms over a period of ten years. There is a huge gap between academic research and industrial application in DTM. Typical questions arise from practicing designers are: what are DTMs and why and how should they be applied to an industrial design problem? In this paper, we attempt to classify DTMs and develop a mapping between DTMs and design problems. As such, we believe that industrial application of DTMs can be facilitated.
Keywords :
design engineering; manufacturing industries; DTM industrial awareness; design methodologies; design theories; industrial applications; industrial design; manufacturing firms; Chemicals; Context; Design methodology; Heating; Manufacturing; Robustness; Systematics; axiomatic design; design; methodology; modular design; robust design; systematic design;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), 2012 7th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2118-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICIEA.2012.6360915
