Different notions of function: results from an experiment on the analysis of an existing product

References

• Albers , A. and Alink , T. Support of design engineering activity for a systematic improvement of products . The Future of Product Development, Proceedings of the 17th Cirp Design Seminar . Berlin, Germany. Edited by: Frank-Lothar , Kause . pp. 105 – 114 . Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Albers , A. Support of system analyses and improvement in industrial design trough the Contact & Channel Model . Tools and methods of competitive engineering – TMCE 2008: proceedings of the seventh international symposium . Edited by: Horváth , I. , Mandorli , F. and Rusá , Z. pp. 245 – 252 . Izmir : Delft University of Technology .
   Google Scholar
• Albers , A. , Alink , T. and Deigendesch , T. Support of design engineering activity – the Contact and Channel Model (C&CM) in the context of problem solving and the role of modeling . Proceedings of Design 2008, the 10th International Design Conference . Edited by: Marjanovic , D. , štorga , M. , Pavkovic , N. and Bojcetic , N. pp. 97 – 102 . Dubrovnik, Croatia, Zagreb : Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb . Glasgow: The Design Society
   Google Scholar
• Alink , T. 2010 . Meaning and notation of function for solving design problems with the C&C-Approach , KIT – University Institute of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering . Thesis (PhD)
   Google Scholar
• Alink , T. Different function breakdowns for one existing . International conference on design computing and cognition DCC2010 . Stuttgart, Netherlands. Edited by: Gero , J. S. pp. 405 – 425 . Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Brown , D. C. and Blessing , L. The relationship between function and affordance . Proceedings of the ASME 2005 DETC/CIE conference . September 24–28 2005 . Long Beach, CA paper no.: DETC2005-85017
   Google Scholar
• Cascini , G. Beyond the design perspective of Gero's FBS framework . International conference on design computing and cognition DCC2010 . Stuttgart, Netherlands. Edited by: Gero , J. S. pp. 77 – 96 . Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Chandrasekaran , B. and Josephson , J. 2000 . “ Function in device representation ” . In Engineering with Computers , London : Springer-Verlag .
   Google Scholar
• Crilly , N. 2010 . The roles that artefacts play: technical, social and aesthetic functions . Design Studies , 31 ( 4 ) : 311 – 344 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cross , N. 1989 . Engineering design methods , Chichester : John Wiley & Sons .
   Google Scholar
• Eckert , C. M. , Alink , T. and Albers , A. Issue driven analysis of an existing product at different levels of abstraction . Proceedings of design 2010, the 11th international design conference . Edited by: Marjanovic , D. , štorga , M. , Pavkovic , N. and Bojcetic , N. pp. 673 – 682 . Dubrovnik, Croatia, Zagreb : Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb . Glasgow: The Design Society
   Google Scholar
• Ehrlenspiel , K. 1995 . Integrierte Produktentwicklung , München, Wien : Hanser Verlag .
   Google Scholar
• Erden , M. S. 2008 . A review of function modeling: approaches and applications . 22 ( 2 ) : 147 – 169 .
   Google Scholar
• Gero , J. S. and Kannengiesser , U. 2002 . “ The situated function-behaviour-structure framework ” . In Artificial intelligence in design ’02 , Edited by: Gero , J. S. 89 – 104 . Dordrecht : Kluwer .
   Google Scholar
• Gibson , J. J. 1977 . “ The theory of affordances ” . In Perceiving, acting, and knowing: toward an ecological psychology , Edited by: Shaw , R. and Bransford , J. 67 – 82 . Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum .
   Google Scholar
• Goel , A. K. and Bhatta , S. R. 2004 . Use of design patterns in analogy-based design . Advanced Engineering Informatics , 18 ( 2 ) : 85 – 94 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goldschmidt , G. and Porter , W. 2004 . Design representations , London : Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Hirtz , J. 2002 . A functional basis for engineering design: reconciling and evolving previous efforts . 13 ( 2 ) : 65 – 82 .
   Google Scholar
• Hubka , V. and Eder , W. E. 1992 . Einführung in die Konstruktionswissenschaft, Übersicht, Modell, Anleitung , Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Verlag .
   Google Scholar
• Kroes , P. Formalization of technical functions: why is that so difficult? . Tools and methods of competitive engineering – TMCE 2010: proceedings of the eighth international symposium . Ancona, Italy. Edited by: Horváth , I. , Mandorli , F. and Rusák , Z . pp. 155 – 166 . Delft: Delft University of Technology .
   Google Scholar
• Kurfman , M. A. 2003 . Experimental studies assessing the repeatability of a functional modeling derivation method . 125 ( 4 ) : 682 – 693 .
   Google Scholar
• Maier , J. R.A. and Fadel , G. M. Affordance-based methods for design . Proceedings of ASME design theory and methodology conference: DETC-2003 . Chicago, USA. paper no: DETC2003/DTM-48673
   Google Scholar
• Norman , D. A. 1988 . The design of everyday things , New York : Doubleday .
   Google Scholar
• Pahl , G. and Beitz , W. 1996 . Engineering design – a systematic approach , 2 , London : Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Pahl , G. 2007 . Engineering design, a systematic approach , 3 , Edited by: Wallce , K. M. and Blessing , L. T.M. London : Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Roth , K. H. 1994 . Konstruieren mit Konstruktionskatalogen , Berlin : Springer Verlag . Band 1
   Google Scholar
• Stone , R. B. and Wood , K. L. 2000 . Development of a functional basis for design . Journal of Mechanical Design , 122 ( 4 ) : 359 – 370 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Suh , N. 2001 . Axiomatic design: advances and applications , New York, Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Umeda , Y. and Tomiyama , T. 1997 . Functional reasoning in design . IEEE Expert Magazine: Intelligent Systems and their Applications , 12 ( 2 ) : 42 – 48 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Umeda , Y. 1990 . “ Function, behaviour, and structure ” . In Applications of artificial intelligence in engineering , Edited by: Gero , J. S. 177 – 193 . Southhampton and Berlin : Computational Mechanics Publications and Springer-Verlag .
   Google Scholar
• Umeda , Y. 1996 . Supporting conceptual design based on the function-behavior-state-modeler . Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing , 10 ( 4 ) : 275 – 288 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Verein Deutscher Ingenieure . 1993 . Systematic approach to the development and design of technical systems and products , Düsseldorf : VDI 2221 .
   Google Scholar
• Vermaas , P. E. Technical functions: towards accepting different engineering meanings with one overall account . Tools and methods of competitive engineering – TMCE 2010: proceedings of the eighth international symposium . Ancona, Italy. Edited by: Horvath , I. , Mandorli , F. and Rusak , Z. pp. 183 – 194 . Delft : Delft University of Technology .
   Google Scholar
• Van Eck , D. 2011 . Incommensurability and rationality in engineering design: the case of functional decomposition Techné. Thesis (PHD), Delft University of Technology, ISBN: 978-90-386-2463-1
   Google Scholar
• Yaner , P. W.Y. and Goel , A. K. 2006 . “ From form to function: from SBF to DSSBF ” . In Design computing and cognition , Edited by: Gero , J. S. 423 – 441 . Berlin : Springer .
   Google Scholar