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Value-driven product service systems development: Methods and industrial applications

ABSTRACT In recent times a service-dominant logic is permeating the design of complex systems. However, in spite of their appeal, initiatives such as Product Service Systems (PSS) have not become mainstream, and methods are lacking to support this transition. This paper argues that methodological guidance, as well as tools for decision support, may be found […]

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Fatigue Life Prediction for PBGA under Random Vibration Using Updated Finite Element Models

ABSTRACT A procedure based on finite element (FE) modeling, response surface-based model updating and random vibration analysis is presented to predict the fatigue life of plastic ball grid array (PBGA) components mounted on daisy chain printed circuit board (PCB). A specially designed fixture is used to mimic the typical boundary condition of plug-in PCBs. The […]

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Exact solutions of an integro-differential equation with quadratically cubic nonlinearity

ABSTRACT Exact solutions of a nonlinear integro-differential equation with quadratically cubic nonlinear term are found. The equation governs, in particular, stationary shock wave propagation in relaxing media. For the exponential kernel the shapes of both compression and rarefaction shocks having a finite width of the front are calculated. For media with limited “memorizing time” the […]

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Strengthening our industrial PSS research: welcome Alice!

Alice Rondini, 3rd year PhD student in Economics and Management of Technologies (DREAMT) at the University of Pavia (Italy), joins PDRL in the next three months as guest researcher to strengthen our capabilities in the domain of Service Engineering. Her focus will be on simulation techniques to design, configure and monitor Product-Service provision processes. Alice […]

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Framtidens digitala produktutveckling samlar företag

“Modelldriven utveckling och beslutsstöd” heter en av BTH:s två forskningsprofiler. Temat är hur digitala modeller kan utvecklas och användas för att snabbare utveckla nästa generations produkter som passar in ett hållbart samhälle. Under tre dagar träffades forskare och företagsrepresentanter i forskningsprofilen för att diskutera resultat och lägga ut planen för de kommande 3 åren av forskning och samverkan.

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Volvo CE Exploration Forum 2016 – Innovation Conference coming up

Volvo CE held the Innovation Conference XPLORATION FORUM 2016 in Eskilstuna early September, effectively displaying Volvo Concept Lab. Being closely involved in the innovation model research and development, several PDRL researchers took part. The meeting brought together researchers, engineers and innovators in the VCE network in order to share, learn, inspire, and connect. A poster […]

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