A Framework for Material Selection in Multi-Generational Components: Sustainable Value Creation for a Circular Economy

Ryan Bradley, I. S. Jawahir, Fazleena Badurdeen, Keith Rouch

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Abstract

Early stages of a product's design are critical for decisions impacting the entire life-cycle cost. Product designers have mastered the first generation, but they have no ability to know the impact of their decisions on multi-generational products. There is a need for tools that aim at closing the gap between total life-cycle information and the traditional design process. This paper presents a framework for a decision support tool that uses a combination of a life-cycle costing methodology and an evolutionary algorithm to assess design decisions specifically related to material selection. A case study is included to validate the new methodology.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)370-375
Number of pages6
JournalProcedia CIRP
Volume48
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event23rd CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2016 - Berlin, Germany
Duration: May 22 2016May 24 2016

Keywords

  • 6R
  • Circular Economy
  • Life-Cycle Costing
  • Material Selection
  • Product Design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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