Functional modeling is an analytical approach to design problems that is widely taught in
certain academic communities but not often used by practitioners. This approach can be …

Conceptual design evaluation is a vital stage of new product development, which
determines the sustainability, safety, quality of the final design, as well as its impact on the …

Benchmarking function modeling and representation approaches requires a direct
comparison, including the inferencing support by the different approaches. To this end, this …

Critical chains composed of critical flows and functions have been demonstrated as an
effective qualitative analogy retrieval approach based on performance metrics. In prior work …

Many buildings around the world are extremely vulnerable to serious and moderate
earthquakes. Base isolation and energy dissipators are the traditional techniques in anti …

The design process wields substantial influence across various dimensions in product's life
cycle, encompassing functionality, manufacturability, assembly, safety and numerous other …

Polymer nanocomposites have found wide acceptance in research applications as pressure
sensors under the designation of force-sensing resistors (FSRs). However, given the …

This paper explores the amount of information stored in the representational components of
a function structure: vocabulary, grammar, and topology. This is done by classifying the …

Design inspired by nature has been known as biomimicry or biomimetic design that is
believed to transform human technologies into a sustainable status through translation of …

Additive manufacturing (AM) has created a paradigm shift in product design and
manufacturing sector due to its unique capabilities. However, the integration of AM …