SUPPORTING ENGINEERS IN LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN: THE ENERGY DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS (EDA)
DS 92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
Year: 2018
Editor: Marjanović D., Štorga M., Škec S., Bojčetić N., Pavković N.
Author: Laufer, Felix; Roth, Daniel; Binz, Hansgeorg
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN PROCESSES
Page(s): 829-840
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0122
Abstract
Lightweight design methods help the engineer to design lighter products. However, none of the existing methods support lightweight design with regard to the state of motion of mass and the mass distribution. This paper presents an analytic method to fill this gap. The method uses kinetic and potential energies to determine an energy level factor. This factor enables the engineer to derive an optimization potential and order of all different product assemblies. Finally, a case study is performed on a processing machine to illustrate the effectiveness of the developed method.
Keywords: lightweight design, design methods, design for x (DfX), conceptual design