The Faucet Reloaded: Improving Axiomatic Design by Example

Foley, Joseph Timothy; Puik, Erik; Cochran, David S.

doi:10.1051/matecconf/201712701009

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“…17), and the {DP 1 , DP 2 } C was selected because of the functional independence and physical integration. Although the design was pointed out that the actual values of flow rate and the temperature were somehow dependent [21], the control operation for the FR 1 and FR 2 are still independent from users' perspective (because users don't seriously calculate the temperature and flow rate as long as the temperature and the flow can be varied as the users' wish during each operation). The final design consequently made the set {DP 1 , DP 2 } uncoupled (Fig.…”

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Managing Functional Coupling Sequence to Decrease Complexity and Increase Modularity in Conceptual Design

Wang

2018

MATEC Web Conf.

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Conceptual design is the stage where the upstream objectives and downstream constraints meet, so both the ideality and practicality are important in conceptual design. Modularity supports designing complex system while the design can take advantages from the downstream resources. According to Axiomatic Design Theory (ADT), the design with the least complexity is the ideal design, and managing functional coupling sequence can lead to the minimal complexity of design concepts. In this paper, Design Coupling Sequence (DCS) was introduced to bridge the ADT and the modular design. The ‘precedence’ and ‘functional sets’ were defined in DCS to manage the coupled design concepts in order to support the modularity of the design concepts. The ‘precedence’ identified by the level of functional coupling helps realize the sequencing order. The two ‘functional sets’ were defined as the independent U-set: the collection of functionally dependent concepts, and the coupled C-set: the collection of the strongly coupled concepts. The faucet design case study shows how the DCS method and its strategy to decrease relative complexity and increase modularity, and the results between design by extra coupling elimination and design by the existing modules are compared. The DCS method bridges the design theory to design practice.

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Managing Functional Coupling Sequence to Decrease Complexity and Increase Modularity in Conceptual Design

Wang

2018

MATEC Web Conf.

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“…The problem of using the axiomatic design in the educational processes was approached also by other researchers [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

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Analysis of the educational design activity in the field of cold pressing technology by means of the axiomatic design

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Within the university study program that trains of the future engineers in the field of manufacturing engineering, in the Romanian technical universities, there are matters that aim at familiarizing students with the way of solving certain problems of constructive and/or technological design. Such a matter, called cold pressing technology, has been included in the last years of the license studies. In the context of the project activity at this matter, as a theme to be solved, the student usually receives the responsibility of designing a mold for the cold-pressing of pieces of various shapes, for large series production, starting from sheet type workpiece. The passing of successive design stages gradually leads the student to elaborate a project that includes an assembly drawing and some mechanical drawings as final documents related to the received project theme. It was considered that by using some principles of axiomatic design, it is possible to investigate and define more clearly the objectives of the project activity in the field of cold pressing technology. The analysis allowed a clearer definition of functional requirements and the identification of solutions to improve the quality of future engineer training activities concerning to project activity in the field of cold pressing technology.

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“…The non-technical analogy most commonly used by educators is that of designing a water faucet that is easy to use. This example was initially published by Suh [7] and further expanded and revised by Foley [11].…”

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Complexity in the Kitchen

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Axiomatic Design and Complexity theory are often applied to highly complex and technological systems which provide educators with many engineering examples and case studies. The use of Axiomatic Design is applicable outside of these areas. However, there are not many examples outside of these areas. As a result, students often have trouble understanding the breadth and impact of Axiomatic Design's application to problem-solving. One large complex system that is often overlooked is that of the kitchen. In this paper, we present di↵erent food-related preparation tasks that are inherently complex: cooking a turkey, baking an apple pie, reverse-engineering a recipe, and designing ecologically-minded food packaging while also discussing the impact of prepared food's packaging approaches on the environment. The authors believe such examples demonstrate Axiomatic Design's applicability in a new aspect that is approachable to a wide audience.

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The Faucet Reloaded: Improving Axiomatic Design by Example

Cited by 4 publications

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Managing Functional Coupling Sequence to Decrease Complexity and Increase Modularity in Conceptual Design

Managing Functional Coupling Sequence to Decrease Complexity and Increase Modularity in Conceptual Design

Analysis of the educational design activity in the field of cold pressing technology by means of the axiomatic design

Complexity in the Kitchen

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