...Gaofeng Yue; Jihong Liu; Weijuan Zhang Design rationale (DR) explains why the solution is designed the way it is, and can be used to stimulate creativity and facilitate the development of new solutions in the conceptual design phase. DR was mainly captured by recording the tacit knowledge...

... by the Design Theory and Methodology Committee of ASME for publication in the J ournal of M echanical D esign . 03 06 2024 04 01 2025 06 01 2025 10 01 2025 agent-based design artificial intelligence bio-inspired design conceptual design creativity and concept generation...

... 10 12 2024 12 12 2024 19 12 2024 Email: yunjian.qiu@sjsu.edu Email: yjin@usc.edu artificial intelligence conceptual design creativity and concept generation Data-driven design design methodology design process design representation design theory and methodology...

...: chenjbao_nuaa@yeah.net Email: m19165919850@163.com computational kinematics conceptual design decomposition-based design optimization design evaluation design optimization linkages robot design springs Accepted Manuscript Not Copyedited Journal of Mechanical Design. Received July 07, 2024...

... delays and increases product development costs. Hence, novel automated design optimization methods that take into consideration a larger set of constraints up-front, early in conceptual design would make the design process more efficient and result in final designs that not only perform significantly...

...Jiayi Yao; Pei Chen; Zhuoshu Li; Yichen Cai; Yexinrui Wu; Weitao You; Lingyun Sun In product conceptual design, designers utilize multiple design representations to iteratively ideate, externalize, and refine concepts. Mixed representations, defined as the simultaneous presentation of multiple...

... Committee of ASME for publication in the J ournal of M echanical D esign . 03 01 2024 09 09 2024 12 09 2024 05 11 2024 creativity and concept generation design evaluation conceptual design Engineering design is a complex cognitive process that involves multiple...

...Anubhab Majumder; Amaresh Chakrabarti A multistate mechanical device (MSMD) can achieve different functions at different operating states by changing its topological structure and the interaction among its elements. To facilitate conceptual design synthesis of MSMDs, this article reports...

... for quantitatively evaluating and prioritizing design concepts. The methodology yields a diverse set of viable conceptual design solutions that adhere to the specified constraints. We showcase various single-degree-of-freedom six-bar linkage mechanisms designed for STS motion, presenting them in a ranked order based...

... 2024 13 06 2024 01 07 2024 23 07 2024 1 Corresponding author. Email: N.D.Charisi@tudelft.nl Email: J.J.Hopman@tudelft.nl Email: A.A.Kana@tudelft.nl conceptual design data-driven design design space exploration multi-fidelity Gaussian processes compositional...

...-powered products (ISfAI) has been developed to contribute to the conceptual design stage. We extracted 40 ISs from 1755 granted AI patents using a five-step process and validated their feasibility through a controlled experiment using three design aids: brainstorming, ISfAI sheet, and ISfAI cards. Results...

... by the Design Theory and Methodology Committee of ASME for publication in the J ournal of M echanical D esign . 18 02 2024 09 05 2024 14 05 2024 05 07 2024 Graphical Abstract Figure generative design conceptual design large language model FBS model creativity...

... to affirm the excellent scalability of FrameGraph for performance evaluation. Frame structures composed of beams are typically utilized in the conceptual design phase of a car to ascertain the overall section properties. The car door frame illustrated in Fig. 4 consists of seven beams, all...

... . 23 10 2023 26 03 2024 28 03 2024 23 05 2024 Graphical Abstract Figure requirements design process requirements representation scrum contextual sketch agile concept generation conceptual design design representation product design Problem...

...Liuqing Chen; Qianzhi Jing; Yixin Tsang; Qianyi Wang; Lingyun Sun; Jianxi Luo Conceptual design is a pivotal phase of product design and development, encompassing user requirement exploration and informed solution generation. Recent generative models with their powerful content generation...

..., conceptual design and prototype demonstration experiments will be conducted to validate these findings. The structural unit's adjacency matrix displays each component's connectivity and angle information. This matrix can be used to thoroughly to assess the potential for combining different units...

... holds significant implications for improving the quality of design solutions and addressing fixation in experimental studies. In our study, we conducted a comprehensive observation of body behaviors during the conceptual design process and identified 31 distinct body behaviors (Table 3...

... outstrips the capability of manual expertise and knowledge, resulting in extended development cycles and suboptimal performance. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 10.13039/501100000038 Discovery Grant conceptual design design optimization multi-objective...

... by the Design Theory and Methodology Committee of ASME for publication in the J ournal of M echanical D esign . 07 07 2023 04 12 2023 07 12 2023 29 01 2024 cognitive-based design conceptual design design process design theory and methodology user-centered design...

...: cjl5836@psu.edu Email: nicosoria@psu.edu 1 Corresponding author. Email: jdm5407@psu.edu collaborative design conceptual design design methodology design representation design theory design visualization References [1] Dong , A. , 2005 , “ The Latent Semantic...