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Lecture 9 Concurrent Engineering

Concurrent engineering (CE) aims to minimize product development time by overlapping design activities. It tries to achieve good (optimal design), quick (minimized development time), and cheap (controlling all parameters) outcomes. Traditional sequential design addressed these parameters separately. CE case studies include the Douglas DH.98 Mosquito aircraft and Boeing's use of design teams for the 777. Future directions may involve multimedia design facilities like the European Space Agency's Concurrent Design Facility.

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Lecture 9 Concurrent Engineering

Concurrent engineering (CE) aims to minimize product development time by overlapping design activities. It tries to achieve good (optimal design), quick (minimized development time), and cheap (controlling all parameters) outcomes. Traditional sequential design addressed these parameters separately. CE case studies include the Douglas DH.98 Mosquito aircraft and Boeing's use of design teams for the 777. Future directions may involve multimedia design facilities like the European Space Agency's Concurrent Design Facility.

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Concurrent Engineering

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James Scanlan; School of Engineering Sciences
CE Definitions:
• “The application of tools, techniques,
methodologies, and behavioral initiatives
used to minimise product development
timescales by maximising the degree of
overlap of design activities.”
• “A ‘buzz-phrase’ with a limited shelf life?”
• “Optimal design.”

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Sequential Design (“over-the-fence” approach)

Centralised Design

Concurrent Design

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Concurrent Engineering
• Serial engineering: Good
– control of two parameters Quick
Cheap
• Concurrent Engineering:
– Attempt to control all three parameters

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Case Study

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Stringer Manufacturing

Early 1980’s A320 rate increase;


Severe capacity problems

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Stringer Forming

Highly labour intensive,


Long lead times,
Quality critical.

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Twisting operation

Concern over effect on


Fatigue properties !

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Manufacturing Automation

Extremely costly
capital equipment;
high maintenance
costs,
dedicated function
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Some historical
perspective…..

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CE is not new; P51

DESIGNED + DEVELOPED
IN 102 DAYS

TECHNOLOGICALLY
ADVANCED

DESIGNED FOR
LOW COST

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Supermarine Spitfire
• Example of
CE?

– Good ?

– Cheap ?

– Quick ?

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Bf 109

7000 M/hours, much emphasis


on design for Manufacture

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DH 98 Mosquito
Arguably a good example of CE.
Much emphasis on design for
manufacture;
Use of modular assemblies,
split fuselage halves for easy equipping,
minimal use of compound curves.

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Concorde

Design for performance?


Technical challenges huge,
little opportunity for DFM/DFA?
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How do you “do” CE?

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Boeing
“It is in project management that Boeing
hope to gain an advantage over Airbus
in the design of the 777”*

*Sabbagh; 21st Century Jet

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James Scanlan; School of Engineering Sciences
Boeing and CE
• Conscious and deliberate
• Planned size and number of DBTs
– (planned 80 ended up with 250)
• Highly structured meetings
– (scheduled down to the minute)
• Culture change

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The Future
MULTIMEDIA WALL

Doc.’n Team

Customer and Ad-Hoc


Leader

Customer and Ad-Hoc


Systems
Cost

Experts

Experts
Config. Risks

Structure Progr.’s

Simulation Mechanisms

Instruments

AOCS Thermal
Propulsion Power
Mission GS & Ops Comms DHS
ESTEC Dh015

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The Future

ESA Concurrent
Design Facility
(CDF):

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