SYSTEMATIC DETERMINATION OF SECONDARY WEIGHT IMPROVEMENTS
DS 77: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2014 13th International Design Conference
Year: 2014
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Luedeke ,T.; Meiser, P.; Vielhaber, M.
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 283-292
Abstract
Weight optimization methods are a key approach of sustainable product engineering. Nevertheless, they may lead to unforeseeable secondary effects in multi-dimensional optimization steps. Especially, secondary weight improvements arising from primary ones seem to bring weight optimization to a higher level. This contribution proposes a holistic approach where the identification and handling of these secondary improvement are represented through the introduction of weight impact factors. This first approach shows the calculation of these improvements for simply hierarchically decomposed system.
Keywords: weight optimization, secondary weight improvement, weight propagation, design to weight, calculation method