Lightweight-design methods for the early phases of the product-development process are becoming increasingly important due to their significant influence on the products’ mass. Besides mass reduction, the redistribution of mass within a product can help to achieve lightweight-design targets much more effectively. The aim of this paper is to raise awareness of lightweight-design tasks during the conceptual phase, in which the distribution of mass constitutes a significant element of the designers’ work. Due to the fact that mass distribution always affects the structure of a product, the authors link the lightweight-design tasks investigated to product architecture design in the conceptual phase. This enables different methods to be identified which can support the designer in achieving the lightweight-design task through mass distribution.
%0 Conference Paper
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%A Laufer, Felix
%A Roth, Daniel
%A Binz, Hansgeorg
%B Procedia CIRP
%D 2019
%K 2019 IKTD KT MPE Tagungsbeitrag
%N 84
%P 1041-1047
%T An investigation into the influence of mass distribution on conceptual
lightweight design
%V 29
%X Lightweight-design methods for the early phases of the product-development process are becoming increasingly important due to their significant influence on the products’ mass. Besides mass reduction, the redistribution of mass within a product can help to achieve lightweight-design targets much more effectively. The aim of this paper is to raise awareness of lightweight-design tasks during the conceptual phase, in which the distribution of mass constitutes a significant element of the designers’ work. Due to the fact that mass distribution always affects the structure of a product, the authors link the lightweight-design tasks investigated to product architecture design in the conceptual phase. This enables different methods to be identified which can support the designer in achieving the lightweight-design task through mass distribution.
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abstract = {Lightweight-design methods for the early phases of the product-development process are becoming increasingly important due to their significant influence on the products’ mass. Besides mass reduction, the redistribution of mass within a product can help to achieve lightweight-design targets much more effectively. The aim of this paper is to raise awareness of lightweight-design tasks during the conceptual phase, in which the distribution of mass constitutes a significant element of the designers’ work. Due to the fact that mass distribution always affects the structure of a product, the authors link the lightweight-design tasks investigated to product architecture design in the conceptual phase. This enables different methods to be identified which can support the designer in achieving the lightweight-design task through mass distribution.},
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author = {Laufer, Felix and Roth, Daniel and Binz, Hansgeorg},
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title = {An investigation into the influence of mass distribution on conceptual
lightweight design},
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