Filters
cris logo
-
New search Filters
Select from list
Displayed from Show more
You have reached the maximum number of displayed search results.
All results displayed
No results are available for the search performed
Displayed from
You have reached the maximum number of displayed search results.
All results displayed
Loading results
Obtaining statistical data

Projects / Programmes source: ARIS

Engineering design

Edit
Periods
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019
Research activity

Code Science Field Subfield
2.11.00  Engineering sciences and technologies  Mechanical design   
2.10.00  Engineering sciences and technologies  Manufacturing technologies and systems   

Code Science Field
T000  Technological sciences   

Code Science Field
2.03  Engineering and Technology  Mechanical engineering 
Keywords
product development process, prescriptive models, Kansei engineering, culturally bound effects on product development, product life-cycle management, composite materials, computational fluid dynamics, polymer gear design, high performance computing, fusion research, plasma research, tokamak
Evaluation (rules)
source: COBISS
Evaluation of bibliographic research performance indicators according to ARIS methodology
Citations Citations for bibliographic records in COBIB.SI that are linked to records in citation databases
source: WoS source: Scopus source: COBISS
Researchers (25)
no. Code Name and surname Research area Role Period No. of publications
1.  23180  PhD Janez Benedičič  Mechanical design  Researcher  2015 - 2019  126 
2.  37664  PhD Borut Černe  Mechanical design  Junior researcher  2016 - 2019  54 
3.  33238  PhD Vanja Čok  Mechanical design  Researcher  2015 - 2019  65 
4.  23289  PhD Ivan Demšar  Mechanical design  Researcher  2015 - 2019  64 
5.  35058  PhD Primož Drešar  Process engineering  Junior researcher  2015 - 2019  28 
6.  02859  PhD Jože Duhovnik  Mechanical design  Retired researcher  2015 - 2019  1,027 
7.  24802  PhD Tomaž Finkšt  Mechanical design  Researcher  2017 - 2018  30 
8.  50783  PhD Timotej Hrga  Computer intensive methods and applications  Junior researcher  2018 - 2019  23 
9.  14345  PhD Boris Jerman  Mechanical design  Researcher  2015 - 2016  444 
10.  34700  PhD Milan Kljajin  Mechanical design  Researcher  2015 - 2017  59 
11.  12725  PhD Leon Kos  Mechanical design  Head  2015 - 2019  249 
12.  16296  Janez Krek  Mechanical design  Technical associate  2015 - 2019  39 
13.  53505  Alenka Maffi    Technical associate  2019  0 
14.  35611  Mateja Maffi    Technical associate  2015 - 2019  0 
15.  22649  PhD Janez Povh  Computer intensive methods and applications  Researcher  2018 - 2019  341 
16.  39070  Špela Premzel    Technical associate  2016 - 2017  0 
17.  23288  PhD Janez Rihtaršič  Mechanical design  Researcher  2015 - 2019  72 
18.  32322  Luka Sedej    Technical associate  2015 - 2016  11 
19.  21797  Matjaž Šubelj  Mechanical design  Technical associate  2015 - 2019  6 
20.  11664  PhD Jože Tavčar  Mechanical design  Researcher  2015 - 2019  319 
21.  36763  PhD Marijo Telenta  Mechanical design  Researcher  2015 - 2016  18 
22.  33069  PhD Pavel Tomšič  Mechanical design  Researcher  2019  65 
23.  51899  PhD Uroš Urbas  Mechanical design  Junior researcher  2018 - 2019  24 
24.  25450  PhD Nikola Vukašinović  Mechanical design  Researcher  2015 - 2019  207 
25.  10978  PhD Roman Žavbi  Mechanical design  Researcher  2015 - 2019  190 
Organisations (1)
no. Code Research organisation City Registration number No. of publications
1.  0782  University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering  Ljubljana  1627031  29,207 
Abstract
The Design research programme includes fundamental research activities in the area of design and development process. It basically provides sustainable development of both new technologies and their corresponding products/services. For this reason, it includes several topics, providing research activities in the area of the methodology of characteristic development models and concepts. During the last two programme periods, a well-known Matrix of functions and functionalities (MFF) was examined. It significantly supplements the familiar morphological matrix in terms of quantitative assessment. Prescriptive model researches have also been recognized in international literature and they have been cited in articles several times. With emphasizing emotions in product development being a key feature during the last decade, we have presented mathematical models and product assessment methods in the early phase with the use of Kansei engineering. Concurrent engineering is of key importance for quality adoption of new products. Due to synergy, it automatically yields the development of products that are sustainably included in the EU environment. The use of the MFF method will be examined by including it in the robust design process also for radical design, which is of extreme importance for propulsive companies. Radical design is based on excellent knowledge of the process and methods through the participation of top experts. Because our goal is thorough design research, we have decided for the areas where the emphasis is on top and specific skills. Special attention will be paid on researching interaction fluid-solid (LVAD – USA, Holland; wind protection-Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland). We will continue researches in the area of polymer micro drives. Studied will be theoretical geometry of S-gears with their impact on strength calculation of polymer gears, taking account of tooth-flank heating/cooling. Composite materials research is a special area, whose execution provides shoe ergonomics. The shoe wall thickness makes the shoe behaving like skin, resulting in maximum connection at force transfer from the human skeleton and muscle structure to surface. In fusion research, our group represents important research activities in terms of introducing engineering skills in the areas, covered by the EURATOM group. Our group rounds up integrated management of the R&D process, whose fundamentals are studied by our programme. Our group will later take part in an international project for the support to integrated modelling of plasma devices in the areas of technologies and fusion research, mutual feedback to VNPD, i.e., complex plasma-wall transitions and corresponding boundary conditions, and others. With comprehensive presentation of the programme group according to research topics, it is our goal to verify our current focus; most of all, we have exhibited quality growth of the entire group.
Significance for science
Topic A During the 1990s, research into processes involved in the embodiment design phase remained in the background, because industry was focused mainly on (i) the manufacture of products in countries with cheap labour and (ii) product data management (without appropriate knowledge of the processes that generate data). Manufacturing is one of the key factors that influence product embodiment design. Experienced researchers of the systematics of product development identify processes involved in the embodiment design phase as the main research challenge of the future. The manufacturing strategy in countries with cheap labour is also changing. The developed prescriptive model variants of product embodiment design, thus constitute a response to one research challenge related to the systematics of product development and industrialization. The obtained results would also encourage parallel research into descriptive models of the product-development processes, where cognitive psychology is now beginning to be applied. Using the MFF is one of the key approaches to product analysis and innovative product upgrade, as presented in the literature. This process is also one of the key facilitators of sustainable product and service development. Both the prescriptive model for the conceptual design and the MFF will shed additional light on the product development process(es). A new methodology for the characterisation of cultural context in user perception/emotional response/global product development will be developed. It will promote the use of systematics in global product development within Kansei engineering. It will also promote the application of identified culturally bound user/product relations in industrial design and marketing research.   Topic B A significant proportion of the research will offer support to small businesses and a technical information system in the cloud. This information system in the cloud has to have its own structure, it has to fulfil the needs of users and their processes and it must meet the security requirements. The research challenge is how to set up the project team that will successfully develop new products in a virtual environment, from individual experts who are not familiar with each other. It is necessary to integrate human nature with all its advantages/limitations, and new IT. A PLM system for a virtual environment needs to be upgraded with new functionality and special tools. One of the tasks is knowledge management. An integral part of the new method is a way of capturing knowledge through the development process, a way of storage and active use in new projects. There will be an information flows specification, development process control points and a method of interactions within the project team. PLM systems are interdisciplinary; they represent a link between basic skills across disciplines and application into the industrial environment.   Topic C The interaction between fluid-solid is still of key importance for development of high-quality geometry. This is emphasized because there is still a problem of understanding the shape transfer from the fluid (Bernoulli's equation – curve of the fourth degree) to a solid (deformation – curve of the third degree); LVAD and wind protection (motorways and high speed trains) are typical cases. Working closely and on equal terms with centres in other countries, we have in both cases a proof of the importance of this research. Polymer gears make micro-drives possible. In SLO, this area is studied primarily in the sense of understanding wear, caused by the inaccurate dimensioning of various drives. In the previous period we managed to establish partnerships with relevant SLO manufacturers. It should be noted that other research groups are not engaged in this area, despite the rather large volume of industrial production in SLO. Within our goals, we expect several findings related to the interaction between material-geometry-temperature. The main cont
Significance for the country
Topic A The long-term significance of the developed variants of embodiment design model/computer tool refers to the shortening of the time to market and an increased percentage of potentially innovative new and improved existing products. Recent research has also shown that in the development of, e.g., aircraft engines, 79 % of subsequent changes result from embodiment design. It is expected that the embodiment design model will reduce the necessary number of iterations in the product-development process, as well as the number of any subsequent changes. The obtained prescriptive model of the embodiment design process will enable the synthesis of more varied, alternative embodiments using different materials and production methods that also entail different carbon footprints. Due to the increasing awareness of users and legislators, it is now imperative to develop products with the smallest possible carbon footprint. Process models for the entire cycle involving conceptual design, embodiment design, detail design, industrialization, validation and manufacture represent key support for the development of products with a small carbon footprint. The integration of Kansei engineering and thorough research on the characterisation of the cultural context of product development is new to the SLO environment, although an awareness of the cultural influences on product development does exist. The research results of the topic will further promote systematics in the product development process and reveal important relations between the various influential factors in the context of new product development. Systematics has been proven to facilitate product development, shorten the time to market and increase the product’s quality. Concerning university education, the developed embodiment design model (both variants), the MFF  and characterisation of the cultural context of product development will facilitate building of competences in product development. The research is important for Slovenian environment because the program Engineering design and the team that implements it are key factors of the thorough research in the domain of R&D processes.   Topic B The developments of IT and Internet have created a new platform that will enable access to PLM technologies in small and medium-sized enterprises. A part of the research will be focused on small development teams and aligning the limits of work in the cloud (cloud computing). Due to the distribution of the capacities of the powerful PLM server to several small businesses they will receive full PLM functionality at an acceptable cost. The technology of PLM systems represents a significant development potential. New technology can only be introduced by well-trained individuals. An important contribution of the research group is facilitating PLM competences of new generations of engineers. The aim of the research is the application of PLM systems in selected SLO companies. For the particular product it will be demonstrated that the information flow throughout the entire product development process can be introduced. It is possible to develop the final product, which satisfies the customer’s needs and represents an optimal solution for the manufacturer, by controlling the various stages of development. These companies will improve their competitiveness. The universal model with individual adjustments will be applicable in different companies.     Topic C Research in biological fluids will provide a deeper understanding of the problem in flowing fluid in blood vessels and the pump itself. A high-quality hydraulic analysis is expected, reducing energy consumption to 20% of present figures. Such a reduction is possible due to the energy transfer by means of electromagnetic waves. Wind protection is an important element of transport technology (motorways and railways). With expected natural hazards, they will become a significant safety element in the human environment. With clearly defined
Most important scientific results Annual report 2015, interim report, final report
Most important socioeconomically and culturally relevant results Annual report 2015, interim report, final report
Confirmation required
Views history
Favourite