Intelligent decision support system for ergonomic product design

Jasmin Kaljun (Author), Milenko Obad (Author), Bojan Dolšak (Author)

Abstract

In general, computer tools for ergonomic CAD do not assist designer with higher level advice when performing ergonomic design. Designer has to possess expert knowledge and experience in many fields of engineering design including ergonomics in order to deliver successful designs. Such multi-levelexperts are rare and usually occupied. Two alternative ways are used to substitute these experts: teams of experts covering different areas of knowledge are established or some intelligent computer programs with expert knowledge are applied. In the second case, expert knowledge has to be collected, organized and encoded into the knowledge base of the system. An intelligent decision support system has been developed in order to overcome this bottleneck. This paper presents a knowledge base, containing ergonomic design knowledge specific for hand tools design. A pneumatic hammer handle design is used as a case study to show how ergonomic design knowledge built in the system is used to improve the ergonomic value of the product.

Keywords

ergonomija;razvoj proizvoda;ročna orodja;ergonomics;hand tools;knowledge acquisition;product development;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2011
Typology:	1.02 - Review Article
Organization:	UM FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
UDC:	628.517.2:614.892:621.386.82
COBISS:	15878166
ISSN:	0562-1887
Views:	1534
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Other data

Secondary title:	Inteligentni sustav za podršku odlučivanja u procesu ergonomskoga dizajna
Secondary keywords:	ergonomija;razvoj proizvoda;ročna orodja;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Pages:	str. 221-230
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ53
Issue:	ǂno. ǂ3
Chronology:	June 2011
ID:	8718250