An Approach Towards Operationalization of Modularization Interfaces for Industrial Product Development
2022 (English)In: Transdisciplinarity and the Future of Engineering / [ed] B. R. Moser, P. Koomsap, J. Stjepandić, IOS Press, 2022, p. 3-12Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Sustainable development
0. Sustainable Development
Abstract [en]
The specification of interfaces is critical in modularization and product architecture development. Literature defines product architecture as (1) the arrangement of functional elements, (2) the mapping from functional elements to physical components (3) the specification of the interfaces between interacting physical components. However, other scholars state that interfaces should include more than physical components, such as spatial, material, energy, and information exchange. This view has been extended to include attachment, transfer, control and communication, power, spatial, field, and environmental interfaces. However, to use interfaces through the product lifecycle and reuse them between product architectures and generations, there must be an approach to handle applicable interfaces in a company. This research contributes by presenting a way to operationalize (investigate an abstract concept, it's essential to make it measurable and tangible) interfaces by introducing interface requirements that are definable, measurable, definable, and testable properties as a part of the interface development process and interface description. The method is illustrated by applying it in an industrial case study.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IOS Press, 2022. p. 3-12
Series
Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering ; 28
Keywords [en]
Interface states, Life cycle, Modular construction, Specifications, Energy and information, Energy exchanges, Functional elements, Industrial product, Modularizations, Operationalization of interface, Physical components, Product architecture, Product architecture development, Product life cycles, Product development, Modularization, operationalization of interfaces, product lifecycle
National Category
Information Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-59005DOI: 10.3233/ATDE220626Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85142195273ISBN: 978-1-64368-338-6 (print)ISBN: 978-1-64368-339-3 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-59005DiVA, id: diva2:1714718
Conference
The 29th ISTE International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, United States, from 5 – 8 July 2022
2022-11-302022-11-302023-08-23Bibliographically approved