The development of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies has brought new design
possibilities, and to utilise those possibilities, new sources of AM design knowledge are …

Functional decomposition is an important task in early systems engineering and design,
where the overall function of the system is resolved into the functions of its components or …

Since functional modeling can be very useful in conceptual design, it has received
considerable attention from engineering design community. However, existing functional …

This paper presents a method to conceptually model sacrificing non-critical sub-systems, or
components, in a failure scenario to protect critical system functionality through a functional …

This paper presents the requirements and needs for establishing a benchmarking protocol
that considers representation characteristics, supported cognitive criteria, and enabled …

This paper presents a behavior-based protocol study conducted with mechanical
engineering students, where the participants developed function–structure models for a …

Functional modelling is an essential part of systematic design approaches and is often
prescribed in engineering design textbooks. However, function models created with current …

In the context of model-based product and system design, the capability to assess the impact
of potential component faults, undesired interactions, and fault propagation is important for …

Graph-based function models used in early-stage systems design usually represent only
one operational mode of the system. Currently, there is a need, but no rigorous formalism to …

Modern design problems often require multi-modal, reconfigurable solutions. Function
modeling is a common tool used to explore solutions in early mechanical design. Currently …