Modular design to support green life-cycle engineering

The severe competition in the market has driven enterprises to produce a wider variety of products to meet consumers' needs. However, frequent variation of product specifications causes the assembly and disassembly of components and modules to become more and more complicated. As a result, the issue of product modular design is a problem worthy of concern. In this study, engineering attributes were added to the liaison graph model for the evaluation of part connections. The engineering attributes added, including contact type, combination type, tool type, and accessed direction, serve to offer designers criteria for evaluating the component liaison intensity during the design stage. A grouping genetic algorithm (GGA) is then employed for clustering the components and crossover mechanisms are modified according to the need of modular design. Furthermore, a reasonable green modular design evaluation is conducted using the green material cost analysis. According to the results, adju...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: ESWA
• Authors: Hwai-En Tseng, Chien-Chen Chang, Jia-Diann Li
• Keywords: ESWA 2006, ESWA 2008, Liaison Graph Model, Modular Design, Product Modular Design