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MAE Model Structure
1. Planning and Clarification
1 – L1 – Understanding the Brief
2 – L1 – Clarifying the Task and Define Scope
3 – L1 – Flowchart the Problem
4 – L1 – Constraints and Criteria
5 – L1 – Gantt Chart
6 – QFD
7 – Market Review
8 – L1 – Review Constraints and Criteria
9 – Form PDS
2. Concept Design
1 – L1 – Black Box Method
2 – L1 – Sketching, Brainstorming Ideas and Morphological Analysis
3 – L1 – Matrix Evaluation
4 – L1 – Justification
5 – Review PDS – 1
3. Embodiment Design
1 – L1 – Layout Definition
2 – Stuctural Distillation and Hand Calculation
3 – DFx
5 – Structural Distillation/FEA/CFD
6 – Review PDS – 2
4. Detail Design
1 – L1 – Define Final Layout
2. L1 – FEA/CFD/Structural Distillation
3 – FMEA
3 – Risk Assessment
5 – Cost Estimation
6. L1 – Drawings to BS8888
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8 – Finalise PDS
3 – DFx
L1
DFA
L2
DFA
DFM
L3
DFA
DFM
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