Robust design as a driver of engine cylinder heads evolution : a framework for identifying product improvement paths
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Author(s)
Gómez de la Mora, Luz de Lourdes
Advisor(s)
Dan Frey.
Date Issued
2005
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
The fundamental goal of Robust Design is to improve the quality of a product by minimizing the effects of variation. A key contributor to robustness over the long term is R&D. Therefore, a framework is desired to help managers to identify promising improvement paths that a system may undergo, thus helping out in deciding R&D resource allocation. The goal of this thesis is to contribute to a framework for robustness inventions. This contribution is sought by analyzing the evolution in robustness of a single component in a particular engineering system - the engine cylinder head. By analyzing a series of patents related to reliability and robustness of engine cylinder heads, the author identified generalizable inventive strategies for robust design.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90).
Subjects
System Design and Management Program.
MIT Department
System Design and Management Program.
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