An Upfront Analysis Driven Design Process for Product Development Ford Motor Company

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Vellathottam, G., author.

Conference Name:

X International Conference on Vehicle Structural Mechanics and CAE (1997-04-08 : Troy, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1997

Summary:

In the current design process, the designer generates the detailed geometry of the component based on experience. Prototypes of this design are built and tested to verify the performance. This design - build - test iterative process is continued until performance targets/criteria are met. Computer Aided Engineering is often used to verify the design.This paper presents a new product development process to substantially reduce the number of design - analysis - build - test iterations. This Upfront Analysis Driven Design process incorporates several state of the art technologies in finite element structural analysis, optimization, and Computer Aided Design. This process ensures a near optimum design in the first design level itself

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Publisher Number:

971539

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