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Supporting the Development of Lightweight Design Structures with Simple Methods in Early Stages
Posner, Benedikt; Binz, Hansgeorg; Roth, Daniel
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Year:
2014
Editor:
Miko Laakso, Kalevi Ekman
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Series:
NordDESIGN
Institution:
University of Stuttgart, Germany
Section:
Tools, methods and approaches in product development
Page(s):
795-804
ISBN:
978-1-904670-58-2
Abstract:
Mattheck [1] presents very simple methods for developing lightweight design structures based on bionic ideas. These methods can already be used to develop structures on a very low level of detail. This allows developing structures with a view on lightweight design already in the conceptual phase. In order to do this there is no need for computer aided methods. However, the methods of Mattheck [1] focus on static problems and do not support finding solutions for problems with a limited installation space. Thus, within this contribution the methods were combined with the Contact and Channel Model [2] which is a method for supporting designers in analysing products, their structures and functions and synthesising solutions for design problems. In addition, the methods of Mattheck [1] are further developed in order to support developing lightweight structures respecting also the problem of moved structures with different loadings over time and respecting the installation space limitation.
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