Concurrent Conceptual Design and Materials Selection of Natural Fiber Composite Products (SpringerBriefs in Materials)

This book covers topics related to developing natural-fiber composite products during the conceptual design stage in the product development process. It describes the concurrent engineering methods and tools applied in natural-fiber composite product development and discusses the major conceptual design activities, such as geometrical conceptual design development and selection, materials selection and manufacturing process selection. The book also includes case studies with illustrations on the related conceptual design aspects of developing natural-fiber composite products to provide designers with practical guidance on applying the selected tool for their project. Preface 6 Acknowledgements 7 Contents 8 1 Overview on Development of Natural Fiber Composite Products 10 1.1 Introduction 10 1.2 Natural Fiber Composites 10 1.3 Product Design Process 11 References 14 2 Conceptual Design Development 15 2.1 Introduction 15 2.2 Conceptual Design Development Methods 16 2.3 Case Study on Conceptual Design Development of Natural Fiber Composite Products Using TRIZ-Morphological Chart Method 19 2.3.1 Design Brief 19 2.3.2 Problem Definition 22 2.3.3 Modeling the Problem 23 2.3.4 Idea Generation for Solution 24 2.3.5 Generating Specific Solutions for the New Ironing Board Design 28 2.3.6 Developing New Conceptual Design for Ironing Board Design 28 2.4 Summary 32 References 32 3 Materials Selection 35 3.1 Introduction 35 3.2 Materials Selection Method 37 3.2.1 Screening Method 37 3.2.2 Ranking Method 37 3.3 Case Study on Materials Selection of Natural Fiber Composite Products Using AHP Method 40 3.3.1 Developing AHP Hierarchy Framework and Defining Project Goal, Criteria and Alternative 40 3.3.2 Determination of the Weightage of the Selection Criteria 42 3.3.3 Ranking the Alternatives and Determining the Consistency of Judgments 45 3.3.4 Results Verification Using Sensitivity Analysis 48 3.4 Summary 50 References 50 4 Manufacturing Process Selection 53 4.1 Introduction 53 4.2 Additive Manufacturing of NFC Products 56 4.3 Case Study on Manufacturing Process Selection of Natural Fiber Composite Products Using VIKOR Method 57 4.4 Summary 64 References 65 5 Conclusions 67 Front Matter ....Pages i-x Overview on Development of Natural Fiber Composite Products (Muhd Ridzuan Mansor, Mohd Salit Sapuan)....Pages 1-5 Conceptual Design Development (Muhd Ridzuan Mansor, Mohd Salit Sapuan)....Pages 7-26 Materials Selection (Muhd Ridzuan Mansor, Mohd Salit Sapuan)....Pages 27-44 Manufacturing Process Selection (Muhd Ridzuan Mansor, Mohd Salit Sapuan)....Pages 45-58 Conclusions (Muhd Ridzuan Mansor, Mohd Salit Sapuan)....Pages 59-60