Design Theory and Methodologies
Code
10495
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
António José Freire Mourão, João Manuel Vicente Fradinho
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Português
Subject matter
Analysis and synthesis in engineering design.
The main stages of the design development process.
The principles of design of N.P. Suh (Axiomatic Design).
The Theory of Inventing Problem Solving (TRIZ/TIPS).
The Quality Function Deployment - QFD.
The Design Structure Matrix - DSM.
The Decision Matrix.
The Systematic Design of Pahl & Beitz.
Some current paradigms of engineering design: Life cycle; Concurrent Engineering; Design for X (DFX); the Kano''''s space.
Bibliography
-Park, G.-J. (2007). Analytic Methods for Design Practice. London: Springer-Verlag
-Introduction to Axiomatic Design (Daniel Frey classes)
-Fradinho J, Mourão A, Gabriel-Santos A, Cavique M, Gonçalves-Coelho A. An axiomatic design interpretation on the use of response surface methodology to solve coupled designs. Proc. ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. 2015
Evaluation method
- All students are admitted to the examination.
- Continuous assessment: presentation of two group works and a test.
-1st presentation - week of 8 April (25% of the final classification)
-2nd presentation - week of 13 May (25% of final classification)
- Realization of the test - 7 / June (50% of the final classification)
- Exemption of examination: weighted average ≥ 10.
- The test and the exam have 2 hours of duration and are without consultation. The use of mobile phones or other devices that can be connected to the Internet is not allowed during its execution.