caa a22 4500 469072822 CHVBK 20180323132926.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01580147 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01580147 LaFleur Ronald Department MAE, Clarkson University, 13699, Potsdam, New York, USA aut Principal engineering design questions [Elektronische Daten] [Ronald LaFleur] The definition of principal questions is key to providing a common direction in the developing field of engineering design research. A general engineering framework can be utilized to identify these principal questions. This general framework rigorously defines variables and indicates relationships among the fundamental engineering variables of geometric form, material form, performance, behavior, environmental constraints, environmental conditions, space, and time. A number of questions arise as to how fundamental variables are defined and how the variables will be given value. Example lists of definition and value questions are presented. The number of questions and variables are tracked and the engineering problem degrees of freedom are measured. Input information from the engineer, in the form of four relationship types, is required for the solution of the engineering problem. The framework is domain independent and can be used to organize engineering design methods, design research, and curricula. Springer-Verlag New York Inc, 1992 Research in Engineering Design Springer-Verlag 4/2(1992-06-01), 89-100 0934-9839 4:2<89 1992 4 163 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01580147 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01580147 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- LaFleur Ronald Department MAE, Clarkson University, 13699, Potsdam, New York, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Research in Engineering Design Springer-Verlag 4/2(1992-06-01), 89-100 0934-9839 4:2<89 1992 4 163 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer