Product platform design: Method and application

Research in Engineering Design - Theory, Applications, and Concurrent Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 2-22

  Simpson, Timothy W ^a   Maier, Jonathan R ^b   Mistree, Farrokh ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commonality; Product family; Product platform; Universal electric motor

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ELECTRIC MOTORS; PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

COMMONALITY; PRODUCT FAMILY; PRODUCT PLATFORM DESIGN;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0034765872     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001630100002     Document Type: Article

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