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Using the Axiomatic Design in Engineering

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Suh introduced two design axioms to the engineering community about four decades ago. Compared with other theories which presuppose an algorithmic or an iterative approach specific to a field of engineering, Axiomatic Design (AD) can be applied to solve a wide variety of problems.

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  1. Department of Machine Manufacturing Technology, Faculty of Machine Manufacturing and Industrial Management, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi, 700050, Iaşi, Romania

    Oana Dodun, Laurenţiu Slătineanu & Petru Duşa

  2. Unidemi, Faculdade de Ciências E Tecnologia, 2829-516, Costa da Caparica, Portugal

    Miguel Cavique

  3. Department of Sciences and Technology, Naval Academy, Base Naval de Lisboa, 2810-001, Almada, Portugal

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Dodun, O., Cavique, M., Slătineanu, L., Duşa, P. (2022). Using the Axiomatic Design in Engineering. In: Kyratsis, P., Efkolidis, N., Davim, J.P. (eds) Advances in Product Design Engineering. Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98124-2_2

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