Conceptual design of a family of products through the use of the robust concept exploration method

Timothy W. Simpson; Janet K. Allen; Wei Chen; Farrokh Mistree

Conceptual design of a family of products through the use of the robust concept exploration method

Timothy W. Simpson, Janet K. Allen, Wei Chen, Farrokh Mistree

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In this paper, we present a method for designing a family of products, namely, a family of General Aviation aircraft around a given noise factor - the number of passengers. Principles from robust design embodied in the Robust Concept Exploration Method (RCEM) are used to determine a ranged set of top-level design specifications around which a family of aircraft can be developed. The robustness of the solutions found using the RCEM is examined and also compared to the appropriate baseline designs. Our focus in this paper is on describing some foundational principles for designing a family of products and not on the results of the example problem, per se.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	1535-1545
Number of pages	11
State	Published - 1996
Event	6th AIAA/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, 1996 - Bellevue, United States Duration: Sep 4 1996 → Sep 6 1996

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Other	6th AIAA/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, 1996
Country/Territory	United States
City	Bellevue
Period	9/4/96 → 9/6/96

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Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

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1996. 1535-1545 Paper presented at 6th AIAA/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, 1996, Bellevue, United States.

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