Actuellement, le marché aéronautique est en constante augmentation. Pour faire face à cela, les avionneurs doivent se restructurer et revoir les processus de fabrication des pièces. En effet, il est nécessaire d’augmenter les cadences et réduire les prix tout en conservant les performances des pièces (poids et résistance mécanique). Cependant, ces trois objectifs sont contradictoires et un compromis est difficile à trouver. Ces travaux de thèse abordent cette problématique dans le cadre du CORAC. Ils proposent une manière originale d’optimiser une pièce de structure aéronautique qui vise à développer une nouvelle approche de la conception de pièces et de processus de fabrication pour tendre vers des solutions de compromis performantes. Pour ce faire, une méthodologie multicritère en trois étapes est proposée. D’abord, l’expertise industrielle est formalisée afin de formuler le problème mathématiquement. Ensuite, un algorithme génétique est utilisé afin de déterminer une population de solutions dont les performances sont placées sur un front de Pareto.Enfin, une étape de choix parmi la population finale prenant en compte le contexte industriel est mise en place. Cette méthodologie est appliquée à une porte d’avion moyen-courrier fabriquée par matriçage puis usinage. Dans ce cas, elle permet de choisir la solution la plus adaptée au contexte industriel parmi mille solutions de compromis. / Nowadays, the aeronautical market grows constantly. To face this, aircraft industry has to restructure and the manufacturing processes must be revised. Indeed, production rate must increase and manufacturing cost decrease while keeping the performances of the parts (weight and mechanical resistance). These objectives are contradictory and compromises must be found. This thesis broaches this problematic in relation to the CORAC. A novel method to optimize an aeronautical structural part and its manufacturing process is developed to tend toward performing compromise solutions. To do so, a three steps multi-criteria method is proposed. First, the industrial expertise is formalized to mathematically express the problem. Then, a genetic algorithm is used to determine a population in which every solution is located on a single Pareto front. At least, a decision step is set up to find the best solution in the population considering the industrial environment of the part. This methodology is applied to an aircraft door manufactured by forging and machining. In this case, it allows choosing the solution that fit the most the industrial environment within a one thousand solutions’ population.

This thesis work is mainly focused on the processes involved in manufacturing of aircraft engine components. The processes are especially about welding and welding methods. The basics of welding and the thesis support has been taken from the GKN Aerospace Sweden AB, a global aerospace product supplier.  The basic objective of this thesis work is to improve the usability of an automation system which is developed for evaluating the weldability of a part. A long run maintainability aspect of this automation system has been considered. The thesis work addresses the problems arising during the usage of a computerised automated system such as process transparency, recognisability, details traceability and other maintenance aspects such as maintainability and upgradability of the system in the course of time. The action research methodology has been used to address these problems.  Different approaches have been tried to finding the solution to those problems. A rule based manufacturability analysis system has been attempted to analyse the weldability of a component in terms of different welding technics. The software “Howtomation” has been used to improve the transparency of this analysis system. User recognisability and details tractability have been taken into account during the usage of a ruled based analysis system. The system attributes such as maintainability, upgradability, adaptiveness to modern welding methods has been addressed. The system suitability for large scale analysis has been considered.

Shrinking the feature size of very large scale integrated circuits (VLSI) with advanced lithography has been a holy grail for the semiconductor industry. However, the gap between manufacturing capability and the expectation of design performance becomes critically challenged in sub-16nm technology nodes. To bridge this gap, design for manufacturing (DFM) is a must to co-optimize both design and lithography process at the same time. DFM for advanced lithography could be defined very differently under different circumstances. In general, progress in advanced lithography happens along three different directions: (1) New patterning technique (e.g., layout decomposition for different patterning techniques); (2) New design methodology (e.g., lithography aware standard cell design and physical design); (3) New illumination system (e.g., layout fracturing for EBL system, stencil planning for EBL system). In this dissertation, we present our research results on design for manufacturing (DFM) with multiple patterning lithography (MPL) and electron beam lithography (EBL) addressing these three DFM research directions in advanced lithography. For the research direction of new patterning technique, we study the layout decomposition problems for different patterning technique and explore four important topics: (1) layout decomposition for triple patterning; (2) density balanced layout decomposition for triple patterning; (3) layout decomposition for triple patterning with end-cutting; (4) layout decomposition for quadruple patterning and beyond. We present the proof that triple patterning layout decomposition is NP-hard. Besides, we propose a number of CAD optimization and integration techniques to solve different problems. For the research direction of new design methodology, we will show the limitation of traditional design flow. That is, ignoring triple patterning lithography (TPL) in early stages may limit the potential to resolve all the TPL conflicts. We propose a coherent framework, including standard cell compliance and detailed placement, to enable TPL friendly design. Considering TPL constraints during early design stages, such as standard cell compliance, improves the layout decomposability. With the pre-coloring solutions of standard cells, we present a TPL aware detailed placement where the layout decomposition and placement can be resolved simultaneously. In addition, we propose a linear dynamic programming to solve TPL aware detailed placement with maximum displacement, which can achieve good trade-off in terms of runtime and performance. For the EBL illumination system, we focus on two topics to improve the throughput of the whole EBL system: (1) overlapping aware stencil planning under MCC system; (2) L-shape based layout fracturing for mask preparation. With simulations and experiments, we demonstrate the critical role and effectiveness of DFM techniques for the advanced lithography, as the semiconductor industry marches forward in the deeper sub-micron domain. / text

Ce travail, réalisé dans le cadre d'une thèse Allocation Couplée et un contexte inter-laboratoires fort : IRCCyN – IRENav – IFMA offrant de multiples ressources en productique et en hydrodynamique, vise à améliorer le processus de réalisation des hélices marines. Certaines des spécifications géométriques établies durant la conception perdent définitivement, lors de l'étape de définition de la stratégie de fabrication en finition, leur caractère fonctionnel au travers de leur traduction en paramètres liés à la machine d'usinage. Cette étude vise à proposer une alternative au polissage en renforçant les liens fonctionnels entre les propriétés de l'hélice et les paramètres géométriques des opérations de fraisage. La première partie du travail est consacrée à l'étude du processus de conception et de réalisation ainsi qu'au cycle de vieillissement des hélices marines. Les trajectoires d'usinage sont généralement obtenues par post-traitement du modèle numérique créé en C.A.O. ; passer directement des lois hydrodynamiques au trajet outil permet de mieux répondre aux exigences fonctionnelles des propulseurs marins. Ainsi des critères multiphysiques doivent être à la source de la spécification de l'état de surface, du format d'interpolation support des trajectoires et, dans le cadre d'une approche générique du processus d'usinage, du choix de l'ensemble des intervenants du processus de réalisation des hélices. Dans un second temps les relations entre les différentes activités du processus de fabrication des hélices sont restructurées et de nouvelles liaisons sont proposées entre les domaines dits « fonctionnel », « virtuel » et « physique » pour prendre en compte des contraintes fonctionnelles et ainsi aboutir à la mise en place d'un nouveau concept de génération de trajectoires d'usinage. Les lignes de frottements, signature hydrodynamique de l'hélice, sont suggérées pour supporter les trajectoires d'usinage. La complexité de ces données d'une part et celle de la géométrie hélice d'autre part nécessitent le développement d'une nouvelle stratégie de génération de trajectoires d'usinage. Ainsi, basés sur le formalisme de Bézier, des algorithmes d'interpolation sont proposés pour aboutir à des trajectoires continues au bord d'attaque, contrainte fonctionnelle incontournable et, chose essentielle, exploitables en usinage. Le passage par le bord d'attaque, lieu où la cavitation ne doit pas apparaître sous peine de se propager à l'ensemble de la pale, est l'objet de toutes les attentions. Les contraintes fonctionnelles insuffisantes en cet endroit sont, dans le cadre d'une approche multimétier, suppléées par des contraintes géométriques et des contraintes liées à la cinématique du centre d'usinage. Le trajet outil étant déterminé, une analyse de sa pertinence hydrodynamique est menée ; un découpage de la pale en zones d'application pertinente de la méthode est défini. Suite à cela, un modèle d'hélice de patrouilleur P400 de la Marine nationale est retenu comme cas d'étude. A partir de celui-ci, une étude expérimentale en bassin est mise en place en vue d'analyser, par comparaison avec une pale d'hélice étalon polie miroir, les effets de stries d'usinage orientées sur le comportement du fluide au voisinage d'une pale usinée selon la stratégie développée. Un fluide différent de celui d'évolution et une caméra rapide sont utilisés pour observer les modifications de comportement du fluide dues à l'état de surface dirigé. Les résultats de la campagne d'essais, qui reposent sur les techniques de traitement d'images, sont détaillés et analysés pour conclure sur les apports de la méthode en terme de coût et de temps de fabrication.

<p>For a company to be competitive today, one way is to create a natural feedback loop from the production department to the design department with information regarding the production systems ability to deliver a finished component. The purpose with this feedback loop is to create respect for tolerances and to more design for manufacturing and assembly. The studied company in this thesis work developed a quality program to reach a spiral of continuous improvements to reduce cost of poor quality (CoPQ) and to reach an improved quality level (PPM). The object of this work was to test and improve the quality program called The Zero Tolerance Program. Delimitations were made when the work was started and ongoing which led to that the impact on PPM could not be studied. The connection to CoPQ was difficult to obtain and could only be proved theoretically, not practically, due to the short timetable.</p><p>During the short amount of time the right root cause could not be found. The thesis work findings came to a number of identified Measurable Success Criteria and requirements which must be in place for the further progress of The Zero Tolerance Program.</p> / PREPARE

Tillverkningsföretag med lågvolymsproduktion måste hitta lösningar för att förbättra effektiviteten som inte kräver stora investeringar för att göra verksamheten lönsam. I denna studie undersöks hur effektiviteten kan förbättras för plåtdetaljer genom förändring av tillverkningsmetoder samt omkonstruktion med avseende på produktion. Genom undersökning av ett specifikt fall behandlar studien hur konventionella tillverkningsmetoder såsom svetsning och kantpressning kan ersättas med plåtformningsmetoder. Metoderna tryckformning, flexforming och djuppressning har studerats och utvärderats. Studien visar att flexformning och sammanfogning med skruvförband resulterar i kortare tillverkningstid, lägre tillverkningskostnader och lägre kompetens samtidigt som god kvalitet erhålls. Däremot kan ersättningen av kantpressning medföra en kostnadsökning till förmån för arbetsmiljön.

<div>A central issue in systems engineering is to design systems where the stakeholders do not behave as expected by the systems designer. Usually, these stakeholders have different and often conflicting objectives. The stakeholders try to maximize their individual objective and the overall system do not function as expected by the systems designers.</div><div><br></div><div><div>We specifically study two such systems- a) cloud-based design and manufacturing system (CBDM) and b) Air Transportation System (ATS). In CBDM, two stakeholders</div><div>with conflicting objectives are designers trying to get their parts printed at the lowest possible price and manufacturers trying to sell their excess resource capacity at maximum prots. In ATS, on one hand, airlines make route selection decision with the goal of maximizing their market share and prots and on the other hand regulatory bodies such as Federal Aviation Administration tries to form policies that increase overall welfare of the people.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>The objective in this dissertation is to establish a mechanism design based framework: a) for resource allocation in CBDM, and b) to guide the policymakers in channeling the evolution of network topology of ATS.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>This is the rst attempt in literature to formulate the resource allocation in CBDM as a bipartite matching problem with designers and manufacturers forming two distinct set of agents. We recommend best mechanisms in different CBDM scenarios like totally decentralized scenario, organizational scenario etc. based on how well the properties of the mechanism meet the requirements of that scenario. In addition to analyzing existing mechanisms, CBDM offers challenges that are not addressed in the literature. One such challenge is how often should the matching mechanism be implemented when agents interact over a long period of time. We answer this question through theoretical propositions backed up by simulation studies. We conclude that a matching period equal to the ratio of the number of service providers to the arrival rate of designers is optimal when service rate is high and a matching period equal to</div><div>the ratio of mean printing time to mean service rate is optimal when service rate is low.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>In ATS, we model the evolution of the network topology as the result of route selection decisions made by airlines under competition. Using data from historic decisions we use discrete games to model the preference parameters of airlines towards explanatory variables such as market demand and operating cost. Different from the existing literature, we use an airport presence based technique to estimate these parameters. This reduces the risk of over-tting and improves prediction accuracy. We conduct a forward simulation to study the effect of altering the explanatory variables on the Nash equilibrium strategies. Regulatory bodies could use these insights while forming policies.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>The overall contribution in this research is a mechanism design framework to design complex engineered systems such as CBDM and ATS. Specically, in CBDM a matching mechanism based resource allocation framework is established and matching mechanisms are recommended for various CBDM scenarios. Through theoretical and</div><div>simulation studies we propose the frequency at which matching mechanisms should be implemented in CBDM. Though these results are established for CBDM, these</div><div>are general enough to be applied anywhere matching mechanisms are implemented multiple times. In ATS, we propose an airport presence based approach to estimate</div><div>the parameters that quantify the preference of airlines towards explanatory variables.</div></div>

The purpose of this study was to investigate the implications of additive manufacturing on industrial design profession and designers through an explorative study. Through a literature survey, implications of additive manufacturing technologies on industrial designers and industrial design profession were explored. Expanding literature survey with on-line searches, several experimental and commercial application examples of rapid manufacturing of products were identified. These identified examples were then used for a qualitative evaluation on the implications of additive manufacturing for the industrial design profession and designers through semi-structured interviews conducted with seven professional industrial designers having experience with rapid manufacturing in Istanbul Turkey. The research concluded with significant implications of additive manufacturing having the potential to cause paradigm shifts in industrial designer&rsquo / s role, definition of the profession and design process. The conclusions derived include suggestions to exploit the potential brought by these technologies and their applications.

Virtual Enterprise (VE) is an organizational business concept. Its key ingredients are collaboration among a set of member companies and integration of their competencies, which are needed for developing a new product or service. This concept is in response to the ever-increasing demand on the manufacturing enterprise to react quickly to changes in the market conditions and become agile enterprises. This thesis presents a quantitative study on the life cycle of Virtual Enterprises. Specifically, it covers the design and management phases. These two phases are modeled using system engineering as a foundation. This has led to the development of two new methods for designing and managing Virtual Enterprises. The design method uses Axiomatic Design Theory and a methodology for complex large systems. The management method is based on the Robust Design principles.

For a company to be competitive today, one way is to create a natural feedback loop from the production department to the design department with information regarding the production systems ability to deliver a finished component. The purpose with this feedback loop is to create respect for tolerances and to more design for manufacturing and assembly. The studied company in this thesis work developed a quality program to reach a spiral of continuous improvements to reduce cost of poor quality (CoPQ) and to reach an improved quality level (PPM). The object of this work was to test and improve the quality program called The Zero Tolerance Program. Delimitations were made when the work was started and ongoing which led to that the impact on PPM could not be studied. The connection to CoPQ was difficult to obtain and could only be proved theoretically, not practically, due to the short timetable. During the short amount of time the right root cause could not be found. The thesis work findings came to a number of identified Measurable Success Criteria and requirements which must be in place for the further progress of The Zero Tolerance Program. / PREPARE