Implications of modularity on product design for the life cycle

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Newcomb, Patrick J ^a   Bras, Bert ^a   Rosen, David W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; PRODUCT DESIGN;

CONFIGURATION DESIGNS; CONSOLE DESIGN; DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM; DESIGN FOR THE LIFE CYCLES; DETAILED DESIGN; INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING; LIFE CYCLE CHARACTERISTICS; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85040655959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/96-DETC/DTM-1516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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