Rapid Prototyping: Virtual Design, Service and Demanufacture Studio

该拨款为虚拟样机环境的研究和开发提供资金，用于整个产品设计，以评估产品的可服务性和可拆卸性。面向服务和拆解的设计（即，在产品被公司收回后，涉及到回收、再利用和/或处置的整个过程）适合于虚拟原型，因为创建用于服务和拆解测试的硬件原型所涉及的费用。该项目的具体研究重点是产品表示和模型生成、人在环仿真、解制造过程仿真和决策支持。总体目标是在产品设计过程中提高决策过程的质量，并在更短的时间内获得最终产品。目标应用是汽车的维修和拆解。这项工作将导致一个原型虚拟设计，服务，和解构工作室。在虚拟样机过程中生成的底层产品表示和设计信息与决策过程相结合，使决策过程更加明智和合理。虚拟设计、服务和分解制造虚拟原型环境将用于课件中，以增强环保意识的产品设计教育。

9420405 Mistree This grant provides funding for research and development of a Virtual Prototyping environment for use throughout product design for assessing a product's serviceability and demanufacturability. Design for service and demanufacture (i.e., the entire process involved in recycling, reuse, and/or disposal of a product after it has been taken back by a company) lends itself to Virtual Prototyping because of the expense involved in creating hardware prototypes to be tested for service and demanufacture. The specific research thrusts in this project are product representation and model generation, human-in-the-loop simulation, demanufacturing process simulation, and decision support. The overall objectives are to improve the quality of the decision-making process during product design and to obtain the resulting product in a reduced amount of time. The target application is the service and demanufacture of automobiles. This work will result in a prototypical virtual design, service, and demanufacture studio. The underlying product representation and design information generated during virtual prototyping coupled with the decision-making process enables a better informed and more rational decision-making process. The virtual design, service, and demanufacture virtual prototyping environment will be used in courseware for enhancing environmentally conscious product design education.