Structure in industrial product design

Abstract

At present we have a wide variety of industrial products. Structure in design is very important, one of the most important concepts in nature and also in different disciplines such as architecture and arts. The value of such a concept is to be used as an advantage in the area of industrial product design and also increasing the structural studies in that area will be helpful. This article is based on the structural studies which will be useful the field of design. In this study we searched about the affects of the structural characteristics of industrial product design. The two structural characteristics such as structure and material are examined for their relationship with some other factors in production process, which are effective factors in product design. One of the objectives of this study is to deal with the structure concept, which has lack of interest in industrial product design, in details with all the means of utility, and though explain the theme “structure in design” from a different perspective. Another objective of the study is to make searches about how to increase the usage of the structural studies in the areas of design and product development, thus being a guide for those kinds of works. It is studied to improve a method which will prove that the structural studies help design from a technical point of view and to the ability of creativity. It is aimed to make the studies to be directed to create variation in design. Also improving a method to develop the designs technically is among the objectives. It is also aimed at to make a research on the topics such as creating variety on design, and increasing the quality of the designed products. In the study it is intended to analyze a variety of designs with different characteristics and different qualities, which are involved in the existent design literature and also in our daily life. Though classifying the designs which have similar structural characteristics in the same group and constituting a classification system for the industrial designs are also aimed at in this study. Knowledge of the structure and knowledge of the structural characteristics will be useful in design area and in taking structural decisions. Various methods are used in this study. These are: 1) analysis of the different product designs, 2) measurement with the strain gauge technology, 3) tension analysis on the computer and design. Different structural characteristics of the industrial products and types of their structures are investigated. The relationship of shape-material-structure are observed and analyzed on different samples of industrial products. Affects and function of structure in designing specific industrial products are examined. One of the objectives of this study is to improve the design of industrial product, that does not include only form design, but includes the design of technical elements, which are integrated with the material characteristics, thus proving the possibility of creating more functional and specific products. The usage of the material and energy used in any area are important for the people. So that usage and quantity of the material and the number of parts used in the industrial products are very important. Those should have enough quantity to be used but not more than required. Designers and engineers should improve the optimum solution. Creating good solutions will be possible due to using different technologies and methods in product design and production process. In this study, we investigated usage of different methods in designing the product structure. How the strain gauge method can be utilized in designing, are studied. We defined how we can utilize this technique within the product design process. As a method strain measurements and stress analysis can be use for the decisions about design and product. We can see something on product due to these measurements, their results and analysis. We can see some mistakes about material selection. So that we can suggest appropriate material for product. This measurement method may be useful for to recognize advantages of some shapes and materials of products. In the study it is searched how to utilize structural studies in design. The necessary factors are impressed in those dedicated studies. It is mentioned how to deal with those factors. All those mentioned and recommended methods are applied on a chair design, and used in the process of design development.

Özet

Strüktür endüstri ürünleri tasarımının önemli bileşenlerinden biridir. Mesleki eğitim ve uygulama süreci içinde endüstri ürünleri tasarımının kurgulanması ve üretilmesi için strüktür kavramının bilinmesi, malzemelerle ilişkilerinin doğru kurulması gerekmektedir. Bu tezde endüstri ürünü tasarımında strüktür ve malzemeyi kapsayan yapısal özelliklerin tasarıma etkilerinin irdelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Strüktür kavramı bu kavramın tasarımdaki yeri ve önemi, tasarıma etkileri üzerinde durulmaktadır. Farklı endüstri ürünleri tasarımlarından örnekler strüktür, biçim, malzeme, işlev ilişkileri yönünden incelenmektedir ve sınıflandırılmaktadır. Çalışmanın daha sonraki aşamasında ise “strüktür tasarımında ‘strain gauge’ olarak adlandırılan gerinim ölçer (birim uzama) tekniği ile şekil değiştirme ölçümü ve gerilme analizinin kullanılması” konusu tasarımda faydalanılacak bir yöntem olarak önerilmektedir. Tasarımda farklı yöntemlerin geliştirilmesi yaratıcılığın artırılması, özgün tasarımların yapılması açısından faydalı olacaktır. Endüstri ürünleri tasarımı alanında strüktürel çalışmalar tasarımın geliştirilmesinde faydalı olacaktır. Tasarımda kullanılması önerilen gerinim ölçer ile ölçme tekniği ve gerilme analizinden yeni tasarlanacak endüstri ürünleri tasarımları ve mevcut tasarımlarda yapılacak geliştirme çalışmaları için faydalanılabileceğini öngörerek, bu ilişkinin ne şekilde kurulabileceğini göstermek üzere bu yöntem bir örnek üzerinde uygulanmıştır. Önerilen yöntem ışığında tasarımda hangi ölçütlerden nasıl yararlanılacağı üzerinde durulmaktadır. Çalışmada kullanılan yöntemler arasında mevcut endüstri ürünleri tasarımlarının analizi, gerinim ölçer ile ölçüm tekniği, bilgisayar ortamında gerilme analizleri yer almaktadır.