An ontology-based support for product conceptual design |
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Authors: | Xiaomeng Chang Asli Sahin Janis Terpenny |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;2. Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 332 Randolph Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA |
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Abstract: | The research presented in this paper is a follow-up of our prior work involving the development of a graphical modeling tool to support designers at the conceptual design stage. To close the loop for supporting designers in generating design concepts flexibly, fast, and easily, an ontology-based approach for knowledge management that works along with the graphical modeling tool is discussed. Ontology and databases for the tool are developed to promote the systematic capture of design knowledge and efficient reuse of the design knowledge selection. In order to locate the proper information and query the data from the databases, the relationship between the ontology and databases, the data analysis process, ontology enrichment, and the ontology-based query engine are built to offer users multiple design results according to users’ requirements. A tire design example is presented to demonstrate the proposed approach. The ontology-based method described in this paper can help retrieve and save the complex relations, support the reasoning, integrate heterogeneous data resources and offer users more accurate, proper and comprehensive data. |
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Keywords: | Ontology Knowledge management Conceptual engineering design Modular product development Visual product modeling |
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