DFSS for shift quality using full-vehicle ADAMS model. (2nd June 2006)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Erlandson, Paul W.
• Editors: Thomas, Andrew S.; McKay, Alison; De Pennington, Alan
• Is Part Of: International journal of product development. Volume 3:Number 3/4(2006)
• Page Start: 337
• Page End: 348
• Publication Date: 2006-06-02
• Subjects: design for six sigma -- DFSS -- CAE -- ADAMS -- automatic transmission -- shift quality -- transient NVH -- full-vehicle models -- metamodelling -- torque output -- vibration dose value -- VDV -- simulation; New products -- Periodicals; Technological innovations -- Periodicals; Research, Industrial -- Periodicals; 658.57505
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-9056

Abstract

Automatic transmission shift quality is a high-leverage attribute for customer satisfaction. Full-vehicle CAE models have been developed to enable prediction of shift quality before the availability of physical prototypes. The four phases of the Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) process: Define, Characterise, Optimise and Verify (DCOV) are used in conjunction with ADAMS full-vehicle models. Two candidate meta-models are developed, each of which represents a transfer function between automatic transmission torque output and a customer-correlated engineering metric, Vibration Dose Value (VDV).