A Behavioural Design Approach to Improving Mechanical System Design with Integration of Use Conditions

Mechanical system design is usually performed simply taking into consideration system functions and structures, while users' behaviours in terms of using the system are generally not fully considered during the early design phase. Specific use conditions are also usually not taken into account. Use conditions refer to all parameters that could influence the performance of the system when it is used by the end-user. This paper covers multi-trade mechanical system design, and aims to better integrate system-use conditions into system behaviour, starting from the early design phase. To that end, a global view of behavioural design approach is proposed as a feasible solution to improve system performance starting from the early design phase, and a model of the use task (performed by the user or by the system itself) required to realize the mapping of the behavioural design approach is also proposed.