Module-based product family design: systematic literature review and meta-synthesis

L Gauss, DP Lacerda, PA Cauchick Miguel - Journal of Intelligent …, 2021 - Springer
Increased demand for a greater variety of products has forced many companies to rethink
their strategies to offer more product variants without sacrificing production efficiency. In this …

Programmable aniso-electrodeposited modular hydrogel microrobots

Z Zheng, H Wang, SO Demir, Q Huang, T Fukuda… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Systems with programmable and complex shape morphing are highly desired in many fields
wherein sensing, actuation, and manipulation must be performed. Living organisms use …

Reviewing the intellectual structure of product modularization: Toward a common view and future research agenda

KG Mertens, C Rennpferdt, E Greve… - Journal of Product …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Product modularization in new product development has attracted considerable interest
among scholars and practitioners from diverse fields of specialization. This has resulted in …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-efficient digital twins for design space exploration: A modular platform approach

M Panarotto, O Isaksson, V Vial - Computers in industry, 2023 - Elsevier
The industrial need to predict the behaviour of radically new products brings renewed
interest in how to set up and make use of physical prototypes and testing. However …

[HTML][HTML] Concurrent design optimization of powertrain component modules in a family of electric vehicles

M Clemente, M Salazar, T Hofman - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
We present a modeling and optimization framework to design powertrains for a family of
electric vehicles, focusing on the concurrent sizing of their motors and batteries. Whilst …

[HTML][HTML] Framework for Integration of Health Monitoring Systems in Life Cycle Management for Aviation Sustainability and Cost Efficiency

I Kabashkin, V Perekrestov, T Tyncherov, L Shoshin… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the development of the aviation industry, integrating Life Cycle Management (LCM) with
Advanced Health Monitoring Systems (AHMSs) and modular design emerges as a pivotal …

Impact of modularity decisions on a firm's economic objectives

J Hackl, D Krause, K Otto… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Research in modularization of product families reveals numerous individual cause and
effect impacts of modularity on a firm. There are clearly many interrelated positive and …

Cost effects of modular product family structures: Methods and quantification of impacts to support decision making

S Ripperda, D Krause - Journal of Mechanical …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Customer demands and global markets prompt companies to offer increasing product
variety. The use of modular product structures is a possible strategy for providing the …

Pareto-optimization of complex system architecture for structural complexity and modularity

K Sinha, ES Suh - Research in Engineering Design, 2018 - Springer
Due to ever-increasing complexity of cutting-edge engineering systems, the need for
managing structural complexity and modularity of such systems is becoming important. The …

Design of hierarchical three-dimensional printed scaffolds considering mechanical and biological factors for bone tissue engineering

PF Egan, SJ Ferguson, K Shea - Journal of …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Computational approaches have great potential for aiding clinical product development by
finding promising candidate designs prior to expensive testing and clinical trials. Here, an …