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Modeling parameter analysis design moves with C-K theory
Kroll, Ehud; Le Masson, Pascal; Weil, Benoît
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Year:
2013
Editor:
Udo Lindemann, Srinivasan V, Yong Se Kim, Sang Won Lee, John Clarkson, Gaetano Cascini
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Series:
ICED
Institution:
1: Technion, Israel; 2: Mines ParisTech, France
Page(s):
083-092
ISBN:
978-1-904670-45-2
ISSN:
2220-4334
Abstract:
The parameter analysis methodology of conceptual design is studied in this paper with the help of C-K theory. Each of the fundamental design moves is explained and defined as a specific sequence of C-K operators and a case study of designing airborne decelerators is used to demonstrate the modeling of the parameter analysis process in C-K terms. The theory is used to explain how recovery from an initial fixation took place, leading to a breakthrough in the design process. It is shown that the efficiency and innovative power of parameter analysis is based on C-space “de-partitioning”. In addition, the role of K-space in driving the concept development process is highlighted.
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