Design Process
Materials
Production
Evaluation
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100
model most appropriate to evaluate the forces acting on a bridge structure
What is a mathematical model?
100
Makes a product more difficult to disassemble
What are permanent fixings?
100
These costs will be higher per unit of product for craft production than for automated production?
What are labour costs?
100
Percentile would be used to determine the height of a door handle
What is the 50th percentile?
100
This promotes economic sustainability
What is productivity?
200
The symbol used to represent a decision in a flowchart
What is a diamond shape used for in flowcharts?
200
Mixture containing at least one metal
What is an alloy?
200
The cost of the product is often higher (This is a ____ of _____ production.)
What is a disadvantage of craft production?
200
An advantage of using a field trial to evaluate the design of a solar panel
What is testing in-situ?
200
How thermal mass in a building helps overcome temperature fluctuations
What is heat storage?
300
The combination of incremental design and radical design.
What characterizes many design problems?
300
Reason why a hardwood door would be treated with a transparent varnish, rather than an opaque one.
What are aesthetics?
300
This will be of greater concern to a manufacturer using a Just-in-Time (JIT) approach rather than one using a Just-in-Case (JIC) approach?
What is raw material supply?
300
Evaluation technique is likely to provide largely quantitative data?
What is a performance test?
300
The joining technique that is consistent with design for disassembly
What is a thermoplastic adhesive?
400
analytical and solution focused are characteristics of this
What are characteristics of convergent thinking
400
Combination of “performance” and “temperature” makes nickel-based superalloys suitable for aircraft engines?
What are high performance and high temperature?
400
This characterizes an “end-of-pipe” approach to clean-up technology
What is the Reduced release of toxic materials into the environment
400
Evaluation criterion that was not met by the early Tupperware products. (Hint: Tupperware was difficult to re-seal as air had to be released when putting the lid on)
What is ease of use?
400
The likely timescales for "manufacturers" and "governments" in relation to return on investment in sustainable development
What is short term for manufacturers and long term for government (timescales)?
500
Ron Hickman, a do-it-yourself enthusiast, damaged a chair he was using to support a piece of wood he was sawing. This gave him an idea for a work bench which became the Workmate. (What ideas generating technique is this an example of)
What is Constructive discontent?
500
Characteristic demonstrated by the reshaping of a copper tube
What are plasticity, malleability, and ductility?
500
These aspects of assembly-line production allowed the Model T Ford to become a mass market product
What is standardization and labour skills?
500
The observation of people using a product and collection of comments from people who have used a product.
What is a user trial?
500
This can be modified through the selection of different materials for the construction of a building envelope?
What is thermal conductivity?
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