Lecture 4:

Phases of Engineering Design

MECE 202
PRINCIPLES OF MECHATRONICS
DESIGN
Lecture Notes
Asst. Prof. Dr. Zhal ERDEN
Department of Mechatronics
Engineering

Need
Identification
(Client
statement ?)

Problem
Definition
Conceptual
Design
Preliminary
Design

Detailed Design
Final Design
(Fabrication
Specifications &
Documentation)

Design
Communication

Main Phases of the Engineering Design Process

Need
Need
Identification
Identification
(Client
(Client
statement ?)
statement ?)

Problem
Definition
Conceptual
Design
Preliminary
Design

Detailed Design
Final Design
(Fabrication
Specifications &
Documentation)

Design
Communication

Main Phases of the Engineering Design Process

Need
Identification
(Client
statement ?)

Problem
Problem
Definition
Definition
Conceptual
Design
Preliminary
Design

Detailed Design
Final Design
(Fabrication
Specifications &
Documentation)

Design
Communication

Main Phases of the Engineering Design Process

Problem
Definition
Methods:

Input:of Information:
Sources
Clients statement
Literature on the state-ofthe art
Tasks:
Experts
Clarify design objectives (1)
Standards
and
codes
Establish user
requirements
(2)
Regulations
Identify constraints (3)
Establish functions (4)

Output: Means:

Literature review
Revised problem
Brainstorming
statement
User surveys and
Refined objectives
questionnaries
Constraints
Interviews
User requirements
Functions

Objectives tree
Function-means
tree
Requirements
matrix

Need
Identification
(Client
statement ?)

Problem
Definition

Conceptual
Conceptual
Design
Design
Preliminary
Design

Detailed Design
Final Design
(Fabrication
Specifications &
Documentation)

Design
Communication

Main Phases of the Engineering Design Process

Conceptual
Design
Input:

Sources of
Information:
Competitive products

Revised problem statement

Refined objectives
Constraints
User requirements
Methods:
Functions
Quality function deployment
(QFD)
Tasks:
Morphological chart
Establish design
specifications (5)
Generate design
alternatives (6)

Means:
Output:

Brainstorming,
synectics
Conceptual
design(s)
and analogies,
Design specifications
benchmarking and reverse
engineering

Need
Identification
(Client
statement ?)

Problem
Definition
Conceptual
Design

Preliminary
Preliminary
Design
Design
Detailed Design
Final Design
(Fabrication
Specifications &
Documentation)

Design
Communication

Main Phases of the Engineering Design Process

Preliminary
Design
Input:
Conceptual design(s)
Design
specifications
Sources
of

Means:
Laboratory experiments,
prototype development,
simulation and computer
analysis

Information:
Rules of thumb
Tasks:
Simple models

Model and analyze conceptual

Known physical relationships
design (7)
Test and evaluate conceptual
design (8)

Methods:
Output:Refined objectives tree
A selected Comparison
design
charts
Test and evaluation
results

Need
Identification
(Client
statement ?)

Problem
Definition
Conceptual
Design
Preliminary
Design

Final Design
(Fabrication
Specifications &
Documentation)

Detailed
Detailed Design
Design
Design
Communication

Main Phases of the Engineering Design Process

Detailed Design
Input:

Means:

Formal review
A selected design
Public hearing
Test and evaluation
results

Tasks:

Sources
of the chosen
Refine
and optimize
design
(9)
Information:
Design codes
Output:
Handbooks
Proposed
Local
laws and
manufacturing
specifications
regulations
Final design review
for
Suppliers
component
client
specifications

Methods:
CADD-Computer
Aided Design and
Drafting

Need
Identification
(Client
statement ?)

Problem
Definition
Conceptual
Design
Preliminary
Design

Detailed Design
Final Design
(Fabrication
Specifications &
Documentation)

Design
Design
Communication
Communicati
on

Main Phases of the Engineering Design Process

Design
Communication
Input:
Manufacturing
specifications

Sources of
Information:
Tasks:
Feedback from clients
Document the completed design
and users
(10)
Output:
Final report to client
containing
manufacturing
specifications