Integrated Design of Material, Manufacturing, Product and Performance

The ever-increasing emphasis on sustainable growth affects mechanical engineering tremendously. The components and products must be efficient, durable and light. Potential cost and weight savings without compromising performance can be realized by extending the design space of engineering design to include manufacturing process as well as material chemistry. This requires more advanced computational support than what is common in today's Computer Aided Design. The paper proposes a modelling approach for evaluation the integrated effects of material and manufacturing on component performance. Material and process models are the key ingredients and are exemplified in the paper.