by preciseadmin | Aug 10, 2011 | 2011, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Karthik Ramani, Publications
Abstract: Designers use several visual tools for exploring and understanding design problems and solutions. House of Quality (HoQ), function-structure, Morphological matrices, concept selection tables, 2D drawings are some of the visual tools and representations used...
by preciseadmin | May 10, 2011 | 2011, Design Collaboration, Design Learn, DESIGN METHOD, Karthik Ramani, Publications
Abstract: Wikis, freely editable collections of web pages, exhibit potential for a flexible documentation and communication tool for collaborative design tasks as well as support for team design thinking early in the design process. The purpose of this work is to...
by preciseadmin | Aug 15, 2010 | 2010, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Karthik Ramani, Publications
Abstract: Understanding the limits of a design is an important aspect of the design process. When mathematical models are constructed to describe a design concept, the limits are typically expressed as constraints involving the variables of that concept. The set of...
by _not_Exist_ | Aug 15, 2010 | 2010, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Devarajan Ramanujan, Karthik Ramani, Publications, William Z Bernstein
Abstract: The issue of environmental sustainability, which is unprecedented in both magnitude and complexity, presents one of the biggest challenges faced bymodern society. Design engineers can make significant contributions by incorporating environmental...
by William Z Bernstein | May 15, 2010 | 2010, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Devarajan Ramanujan, Karthik Ramani, Publications, William Z Bernstein
Abstract: The cost and environmental impacts of a product are largely determined during conceptual design. Most often, due to cost and time limitations, only a limited set of design concepts are carried forward for detailed design. As a result, design concepts...