Innovations in design through transformation: A fundamental study of transformation principles

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 0810101-08101018

  Singh, Vikramjit ^a   Skiles, Stewart M ^b   Krager, Jarden E ^c   Wood, Kristin L ^d   Jensen, Dan ^e   Sierakowski, Robert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Factory Automation Systems   (United States)

^c LUMINEX CORPORATION   (United States)

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

^e UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^f AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deductive research; Design principles; Design transformation theory; Inductive research; Transformational design

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DESIGN;

DEDUCTIVE RESEARCH; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DESIGN TRANSFORMATION THEORY; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; INDUCTIVE PROCESS; INDUCTIVE RESEARCH; INNOVATIVE PRODUCT; PRODUCT PROCESS; PRODUCT SYSTEMS; TRANSFORMATIONAL DESIGN;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 77955177845     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3125205     Document Type: Article

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