A Total Life Cycle Approach for Developing Predictive Design Methodologies to Optimize Product Performance
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Hapuwatte, Buddhika M., and Ibrahim S. Jawahir. “A total life cycle approach for developing predictive design methodologies to optimize product performance.” Procedia Manufacturing 33 (2019): 11-18.
Article Info
This is a research article published in the 2018 GCSM Conference Proceedings.
Author List
Buddhika M. Hapuwatte and I.S. Jawahir
Abstract
Sustainable products must be designed by considering how design decisions impact their total life cycle (TLC) sustainability content. Even more so important when designing products to incorporate the technological elements of sustainable manufacturing, the 6Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover, Redesign and Remanufacture), to achieve Circular Economy (CE). This paper presents the preliminary work of an ongoing research project on developing a novel framework incorporating predictive models with TLC considerations. This unique approach develops and integrates models with associated risks, and optimizes for maximizing the sustainability benefits due to design decisions. Such predictive capability is extremely useful for process planning, where careful planning and optimization of process conditions would allow inducing favorable product performance and improved sustainability.
Keywords
Sustainable Manufacturing, Product Design, Design for Sustainability, DFS, Predictive Modeling, Performance Optimization.