Understanding and representing functions for conceptual design

Yong Chen; Zhongqin Lin; Peien Feng; Youbai Xie

Understanding and representing functions for conceptual design

Yong Chen
, Zhongqin Lin
, Peien Feng
, Youbai Xie

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

As a fundamental concept, function plays a crucial role in engineering design. Particularly, a formal functional representation methodology is indispensable for intelligent CAD (computer aided design) systems to reason about functions in a free way. This paper surveys various functional definitions systematically, resulting in the identification of the drawbacks of current understandings about function. A comprehensive functional definition is then given, based on which, functions are then classified as object-focused ones, process-focused ones and relation-focused ones. A formal functional representation methodology, composed of multiple approaches, is then presented to represent these kinds of functions. Cases demonstrate that the proposed approach can represent functions in an ontological way and is therefore convenient for computers to manipulate the functional information.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design
State	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	16th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2007 - Paris, France Duration: 28 Jul 2007 → 31 Jul 2007

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design
Volume	DS 42

Conference

Conference	16th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2007
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	28/07/07 → 31/07/07

Keywords

Conceptual design
Functional representation

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Chen, Y, Lin, Z, Feng, P & Xie, Y 2007, Understanding and representing functions for conceptual design. in Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design. Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design, vol. DS 42, 16th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2007, Paris, France, 28/07/07.

Understanding and representing functions for conceptual design. / Chen, Yong; Lin, Zhongqin; Feng, Peien et al.
Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design. 2007. (Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design; Vol. DS 42).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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