Effort flow analysis: A methodology for directed product evolution

Design Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-214

  Greer, James L ^a   Jensen, Daniel D ^b   Wood, Kristin L ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Component combination; Design methods; Product design; Product modelling

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLAMPING DEVICES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FRICTION; GRAPH THEORY; INJECTION MOLDING; LASER BEAMS; POWDER METALLURGY; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROBOTICS; STRAIN; TOPOLOGY; TORQUE;

COMPONENT COMBINATIONS; DESIGN METHODS; PRODUCT MODELING;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 1642437915     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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