Method and system for design maturity evaluation and control of complex product variable configuration item

Author

Yangping, Chen ; Qiang, Xie ; Qiulin, Ding

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Nanjing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Nanjing, China

fYear

2009

fDate

26-29 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

240

Lastpage

243

Abstract

In order to improve quality and efficiency of complex product development, the idea of design maturity is applied to control the evolution process of variable configuration item (VCI) of complex product. The method of maturity fuzzy evaluation is put forward to calculate the design maturity. Five maturity gates are applied to control the design process of VCI. The system of computer aided maturity evaluation and control for VCI is developed. The system architecture, main metadata and the key functions are described. The system was applied to manage design maturity for some civil helicopter. Compared with the traditional design pattern, the average number of part version of flight control system was reduced. The proposed method and developed system was verified.

Keywords

CAD; fuzzy set theory; product development; civil helicopter; complex product development; computer aided maturity evaluation; design maturity evaluation; design pattern; design process; flight control system; maturity fuzzy evaluation; metadata; system architecture; variable configuration item; Control systems; Electric breakdown; Helicopters; Information science; Manufacturing; Process control; Process design; Process planning; Product design; Product development; Complex Product; Design Maturity; Maturity Control; Maturity Evaluation; Variable configuration Item;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Industrial Design & Conceptual Design, 2009. CAID & CD 2009. IEEE 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wenzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5266-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5268-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAIDCD.2009.5375107

Filename

5375107