Multidisciplinary Collaborative Satisfaction Negotiation Based on the Physical Programming Method in Product Design

The importance of collaboration between different design disciplines has been widely researched. Traditionally this is achieved through multidisciplinary design optimization approach. By analysis of the technical problems, this paper provides a new method to facilitate collaborative design, which is based on physical programming and a well-organized negotiation process helps designers rapidly reach a consistent solution. Finally, a design example of hydrodynamic bearing is illustrated to prove the effectiveness of the proposed method.