A meta-model for engineering analysis in product design

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to present a taxonomy model for describing the knowledge of engineering models within an approach which encourages a systematic design in practice. The proposed taxonomy is based on the principles of the axiomatic design approach, structured on four levels of modeling: (1) conceptual (2) mathematical (3) computational and (4) experimental. In practice, the application has shown that it is rarely possible to work through the whole design process in four levels of modeling. However a complete engineering modeling analysis is necessary for a good project management. The proposed framework can be used for the diagnostic of the engineering design process. It captures the knowledge of design engineers through the building models. © Springer-Verlag London 2013.