A survey of artifact-simulation approaches from the perspective of application to use processes of consumer durables

Conference paper (2006)
Faculty
Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2006 W.F. van der Vegte; Organizing Committee of the TMCE 2006
Consumer durables Artifact-behavior simulation Design for use Concep-tual design
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Published Date

18-04-2006

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Proceedings of the TMCE 2006, Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 18-22, 2006

ISBN:

9789616536042

Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Abstract

In this paper, approaches for artifact-behavior simulation are reviewed. The motivation behind the survey is to explore available knowledge for the development of a new form of computer support for conceptual design to simulate use processes of consumer durables. The survey covers the simulation of artifacts both as discrete systems and as continuous systems. Simulation approaches are characterized based on the simulation models and reviewed based on criteria including the range of behaviors covered, ease of preparation and ease of interpretation. Based on the criteria, simulations based on 3D discretized models seem to have the most to offer, but they cannot provide a complete picture of artifact behavior and preparing models can be computation intensive. Options for improvement are briefly discussed, but the first next step will be to extend the knowledge exploration by surveying approaches for simulation that cover human behavior.