LIGHTWEIGHT MECHATRONICS DESIGN: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
DS 70: Proceedings of DESIGN 2012, the 12th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2012
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Luedeke, T.; Vielhaber, M.
Section: Design methods
Page(s): 999-1008
Abstract
On the first sight, the increasing usage of mechatronics seems to be contrary to the idea of weight reduction. A detailed consideration shows that there are some innovative solutions to lead to a weight optimum with the application of mechatronic componen
Keywords: lightweight design, mechatronic design, product development methodology, integrated approach