Morphological Chart

Applications
Means
Impact attenuator Firewall Body Wall

Plywood

1 Wood

Plywood

Aluminum and
Plywood

2 Stainless Steel

Aluminum Plywood
 Stainless Steel and
Plywood

3 Fibre Glass

Stainless Plywood
Steel

Pugh Chart
Impact Attenuator

ALTERNATIVE CONCEPT WEIGHT

CRITERIA CONCEPT 1 CONCEPT 2 CONCEPT IDEAL NORMALIZED
3 IMPORTANT
Manufacturing 0 - + + 7
Cost
Material Cost + - + + 7
Durability + + - + 9
Time to produce 0 - + + 5
Aesthetic + 0 + + 6
Total + Rating 34
Total - Rating 0
Net Score 34
Firewall

ALTERNATIVE CONCEPT WEIGHT

NORMALIZED
IMPORTANT
CRITERIA CONCEPT CONCEPT CONCEPT IDEAL
1 2 3
Manufacturing S + + + 7
Cost
Material Cost + - - + 9
Weight + - - + 8
Time to produce + - - + 5
Aesthetic - S + + 5
Total + Rating 23 7 12 32
Total - Rating 5 23 23 0
Net Score 18 -16 -11 32

Body Wall

ALTERNATIVE CONCEPT WEIGHT

CRITERIA CONCEPT 1 CONCEPT 2 CONCEPT IDEAL NORMALIZED
3 IMPORTANT
Manufacturing + - + + 9
Cost
Material Cost + - - + 9
Durability S + + + 9
 Time to produce - - + + 8
Aesthetic - + 0 + 10
Weight - - + + 8
Total + Rating 18 19 34 53
Total - Rating 26 34 9 0
Net Score -8 -15 25 53

Gant Chart
Fire Wall

Kwood = 0.13 W/m.K

Heat Transfer Coefficient = 25 W/m.K
Engine Temperature = 104 °C
Surface Temperature, TS = 25 °C
Area = 1.1884 m2 T∞-Ts
Engine Power, P = 8.5 kW
 150 W
Q=(8.5 kW )( )
kW
Q=1275 W
T ∞−T S
Q=
RTotal
T ∞−T S
RTotal =
Q
104−25
RTotal =
1275
RTotal =0.06196 °C/W

1 L
R 1= R 2=
T∞ = 104 °C hA kA TS = 25 °C

1 L
+ =R total
hA k wood A
 1 L
+ =0.06196
( 25 )( 1.1884 ) ( 0.13 ) ( 1.1884 )

L=4.37 x 10−3 mm

# The minimum thickness for plywood to achieve 25 °C of surface temperature is 4.37mm.

 Tasks
Phase 1 : Conceptual Design
Gathering Information
Concept Generation
Concept Evaluation

Phase 2 : Embodiment Design

Product Architecture
Configuration Design