Projects / Programmes
Vrednotenje konstrukcij (Slovene)
January 1, 1999
- December 31, 2003
Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
2.11.00 |
Engineering sciences and technologies |
Mechanical design |
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Code |
Science |
Field |
T130 |
Technological sciences |
Production technology |
T210 |
Technological sciences |
Mechanical engineering, hydraulics, vacuum technology, vibration and acoustic engineering |
T220 |
Technological sciences |
Civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, offshore technology, soil mechanics |
T280 |
Technological sciences |
Road transport technology |
Researchers (19)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The total life in service of a product is influenced by the design and manufacture phases as well as by the usage, maintainability, supportability and recycling. During the design phases a number of activities such as concept design, detail design and validation of the design according to different criteria (functionality, effectiveness, environmental effects, manufacturability, maintainability, supportability, economic and aesthetic worthiness) have to be carried out in such a manner that, the specifications are taken into account. After several iterations within the design phases the improvement of the design can be attained.
Our programme group develops and supplements basic and special knowledge base, which enable us to improve, rationalize and increase the efficiency of the design phases. In the process of originating of the new solutions our programme group develops the knowledge in the fields of reliability (R), maintainability (M) and supportability (S) for the purpose of mechanical designs. This knowledge will enable us to implement the RMS procedures for mechanical components, although they were initially developed for electric ones. The method of loading states and fatigue life prediction which was developed by our laboratory is going to be verified in its final form, too.
This basic knowledge will make it possible to define the validation procedures for mechanical designs by using RMS procedures. Our research group is also going to implement the chaotic dynamics in order to obtain the relation between the usage and the probability of occurrence of loading states. All mentioned above should enable the improvement, rationalization and increased efficiency of the design phases in early phases of product design (concept design, synthesis etc.). In the validation phases the functionality, effectiveness, supportability, maintainability is going to be attained. Our research group also researches and improves working processes and design solutions in the fields of working and transport machinery, mechanisms and vehicles.
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