Composing composites: a paradigm of reversed design
DOI: 10.1504/JDR.2007.014878 | S. Koussios, A. Beukers | The challenging task of designing a structure that provides optimal properties while satisfying an extensive collection of sometimes conflicting requirements seems to get more complicated when composite materials are to be applied. The reas... | 302 - 316 |
|Belvedere| office tower Rotterdam: structural design of a sloping hybrid high-rise
DOI: 10.1504/JDR.2007.014878 | J.N.J.A. Vambersky | The ambitions of architects to realise exciting designs that challenge gravity and |defy| the laws of nature are never-ending. An example is the 100 m high sloping office tower |Belvedere| in Rotterdam, designed by the architect Renzo Piano... | 317 - 332 |
Enabling distributed multi-disciplinary design of complex products: a knowledge based engineering approach
DOI: 10.1504/JDR.2007.014878 | G. La Rocca, M.J.L. Van Tooren | In this paper, it is discussed how knowledge based engineering has been exploited to develop a flexible design system, able to integrate a heterogeneous set of distributed discipline-specific design and analysis tools into a modular design ... | 333 - 352 |
Creativity and innovation in industrial design: wishful thinking?
DOI: 10.1504/JDR.2007.014878 | P. Badke-Schaub | This paper provides insights into non-technical characteristics influencing creativity in design. Describing designing as a process that is determined by a network of influences from several fields implies a broader view on innovation and c... | 353 - 367 |
Design of a ground-penetrating radar for humanitarian demining
DOI: 10.1504/JDR.2007.014878 | P. Van Genderen, A.G. Yarovoy | This paper describes the process of the design of radar for application in a system for humanitarian demining. The application requires new solutions to assist in solving the problem of clearing of areas of anti-personnel mines. The initial... | 368 - 381 |
Design in socio-technical system development: three angles in a common framework
DOI: 10.1504/JDR.2007.014878 | Pieter W.G. Bots | Large-scale socio-technical systems, such as infrastructures for transport, energy and telecommunication, are not designed and then constructed according to plan. Rather, they develop over a long period of time as a result of countless chan... | 382 - 396 |
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