Facilitating Quick Change Introduction in Aerospace Products with DSM-Based Risk Change Analysis and Clustering Technique
Paper in proceeding, 2023

This paper shows how a Design Structure Matrix can support the re-design process of an aircraft cabin interior component - stowage. It presents an approach to identifying challenges of design change introduction in aircraft products and demonstrates how a modular product design can address them. First, the stowage is modeled with a DSM and a risk analysis is performed on the baseline design. Specific stages of the Change Prediction Method (Clarkson et al., 2004) are used to evaluate interfaces between product components in different design domains. Furthermore, DSM serves as an input for clustering operations, which are a foundation for modular stowage design. As a result, a modular product architecture is created including new re-designed interfaces. The results show that the modular design approach can reduce the risk of change while increasing product customization and the number of configuration alternatives.

Clustering

Interface

Modular Design

Change Prediction Method (CPM)

Design Structure Matrix (DSM)

Product Architecture

Change Risk Analysis

Author

Klaudia Zambrzycka

Student at Chalmers

Fabio Dias Almeida

Heart Aerospace

Alejandro Pradas Gómez

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Proceedings of the 25th International DSM Conference, DSM 2023

97-105

25th International Dependency and Structure Modelling Conference, DSM 2023
Gothenburg, Sweden,

Subject Categories

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Other Mechanical Engineering

Computer Science

DOI

10.35199/dsm2023.11

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