Abstract
In product life cycle design, a designer should design both a product and its life cycle. Although CAD systems for product design are popular, there are no CAD systems for life cycle design. This paper proposes LC-CAD (Life Cycle-CAD) that represents a product and its life cycle in an integrated manner, manages consistency between these two models, and describes changes of a product along its life cycle (e.g., a component is shredded into fragments of metal in a recycling process). LC-CAD also evaluates environmental, economic, and other performance of designed life cycle using life cycle simulation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 175-178 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- CAD
- Design
- Lifecycle
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanical Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering