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Constraints Report

The document discusses various constraints that engineers must consider when designing products, including functional, safety, quality, manufacturing, timing, economic, ergonomic, ecological, aesthetic, life-cycle, and legal constraints. It also provides guidelines for writing midterm and final reports, including recommended sections like summary, problem, scope, solution, results, and conclusions.

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Constraints Report

The document discusses various constraints that engineers must consider when designing products, including functional, safety, quality, manufacturing, timing, economic, ergonomic, ecological, aesthetic, life-cycle, and legal constraints. It also provides guidelines for writing midterm and final reports, including recommended sections like summary, problem, scope, solution, results, and conclusions.

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Design Constraints

Written Report Format

Product Design Constraints and


Requirements
Design

Engineers must consider a multitude of technical,


economic, social, environmental, and political constraints
when they design products and processes.

There

must be clear evidence in your design project that


you have addressed the constraints that are relevant to your
project.

Effect of Constraints
Better Designs
Constraint
Limits
Design
Changes

Design Changes

Functional Constraints
Overall Geometry size, width, space, arrangement
Motion of parts type, direction, velocities, acceleration,
kinematics
Forces involved load direction, magnitude, load, impact
Energy needed heating, cooling, conversion, pressure
Materials to be used flow, transport, properties
Control system electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, pneumatic
Information flow inputs, outputs, form, display

Safety Constraints
Operational direct, indirect, hazard elimination
Human warnings, training
Environmental land, sea, air, noise, light, radiation,
reaction, transport

Quality Constraints
Quality assurance regulations, standards, codes
Quality control inspection, testing, labeling
Reliability design life, failures, statistics

Manufacturing Constraints
Production of components factory limitations, means of
production, wastes
Purchase of components supplier quality, reliability,
quality control, inspection
Assembly installation, foundations, bolting, welding
Transport material handling, clearance, packaging

Timing Constraints
Design schedule project planning, project control
Development schedule design detailing, compliance tests
Production schedule manufacture, assembly, packing,
transport
Delivery schedule delivery date, distribution network,
supply chains

Economic Constraints

Marketing analysis size of market, distribution, market segments


Design costs design team computing, information retrieval
Development costs design detailing, supplier costs, testing costs
Manufacturing cost - tooling, labor, overhead, assembly, inspection
Distribution costs - packing, transport, service centers, spare parts,
warranty
Resources time, budget, labor, capital, machines, material

Ergonomic Constraints
User needs type of operation, instructions, warnings
Ergonomic design man-machine relationships,
operation, height, layout, comfort, lighting
Cybernetic design controls, layout, clarity, interactions

Ecological Constraints
General environmental impact impact on natural
resources, social resources
Sustainability political and commercial consequences,
implications for following generations
Material selection solid, liquid, gas, stability, protection,
toxicity
Working fluid selection fluid, gas, flammability, toxicity

Aesthetic Constraints
Customer appeal shape, color, texture, form, feel, smell,
surprise and delight features
Fashion culture, history, trends
Future expectations rate of change in technology, trends,
product families

Life-Cycle Constraints
Distribution means of transport, nature and conditions of
dispatch, rules, regulations
Operation quietness, wear, special uses, working
environments
Maintenance servicing intervals, inspection, exchange and
repair, cleaning, diagnostics
Disposal recycle, scrap

Legal/Ethical Constraints
Regulations OSHA, FAA, FDA
Ethics public safety, health, welfare and integrity
Intellectual Property patents, trademarks, copyrights

Project Reports
MidTerm report

Oral report
Final Report

MidTerm Report
Should describe MidSemester progress
Think of it as a start on your final report
Introductory and background material and
project description material will remain the
same

Technical Communication Format


(MAE 451)
Double Five
Include technical discussion

Include business topics as appropriate

Report Format
Summary
The Problem
Scope and Goals
Solution
Results
Conclusions
References

Summary

Summarize the project and your work


Dont summarize the report
Briefly introduce the problem
Summarize the solution and conclusions
Typically half a page in length

The Problem (Introduction)


Introduce the design problem here
Background information on the company or
research/laboratory area
What is the project?

The Problem (Introduction)


Introduce the design problem here
Background information on the company or
research/laboratory area
What is the project?
Why is it of interest?
What are constraints or requirements that
the solution must satisfy
Briefly highlight the contents of the report

Scope and Goals


Very specific description of your design
project and expectations
What specifically was to be accomplished?
Are you part of a team?
Are you continuing a project?
What is needed to finish the project?

Solution
Select Titles and Subtitles for your project
This is the place to describe the details of your
work process and issues encountered
Discuss constraints and your management of
them - a special subsection would be best
Include figures, graphs and photos
Large amounts of information should be in an
appendix at the end of the report

Results
Describe the results of your work including
your resulting design
Include figures, drawings etc. as
appropriate
Comment on the quality of your technical
results and design

Conclusions

Have you achieved the goals of your design?


Is the problem completely solved?
Is there continuation after the semester ends?
Will the project have to be continued by
another group?
If more work is needed, describe it carefully
and suggest a completion schedule.

References
References make your work credible
Back up all of your facts with references
Indicate references for any previous work on
your design project
Indicate references for similar projects by
others
Use references for any technical approaches
used in your solution
State your references completely

Report Format
Summary
The Problem
Scope and Goals
Solution
Results
Conclusions
References

Comments on Figures
Figures are best inserted directly in the text
Insert figures right after they are discussed
Clearly number each figure and be sure to
discuss the figure by number
As an alternate - place all the figures
together at the end of the report

Just to Summarize
Think about CONSTRAINTS and report on
their effect on your design
Make your report professional
Think of the MidTerm report as a start on
your final report
Make use of the suggested report format

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