Unit
- Course
- Mechanical engineering
- Study-unit Code
- A002364
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Elisabetta Zanetti
- Teachers
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- Elisabetta Zanetti
- Hours
- 48 ore - Elisabetta Zanetti
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Ingegneria meccanica
- Academic discipline
- ING-IND/15
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course introduces formalized design techniques for new product design. Main topics of the course are: theory of design process, organization and planning of new products design, modern inventive techniques, techniques for generating robust solutions, techniques for embodiment design.
A particular emphasis will be given to specific topics as TRIZ and DOE. - Reference texts
- Product Design and Development by Karl Ulrich and Steven Eppinger
- Educational objectives
- The course introduces formalised design techniques for new product design. Main topics of the course are: theory of design process, organization and planning of new products design, modern inventive techniques, techniques for generating robust solutions, techniques for embodiment design.
- Prerequisites
- Machine design
- Teaching methods
- The course consists of 50 hours of academic lectures. Having followed theoretic lessons, students must choose and develop the conceptual design of a product . Students are encouraged to create design teams of two up to four persons (depending on the difficulties of the project).
- Learning verification modality
- Discussion of a project
- Extended program
- 1- New products design, design process planning, mission statement.
2- The seven steps of the preliminary design process: costumer needs, specs definition, concept generation, design selection, design(s) testing, final specifications, development planning.
3- Customer needs identification:
- Techniques to understand customers’ needs,
- Comparison with competitors’ products,
- Laws of systems evolution.
4- Product specifications.
- Technical formulation of customers needs
- Quality function deployment
5- Concept generation
- Axiomatic design
- TRIZ (Theory of inventive problem solving)
6- Concept selection, introduction to decision theory.
7- Design for “X” :
- Robust design
- Failure mode and effect analysis
- Tolerance design
- Quality in design
8- Virtual and physical prototyping at the different design stages.
9- Aesthetic design
10- Design soundness verification
11- Economical aspects