Direct Search in Conceptual Design

Abstract

The notion Concept implies a set of rules and ideas combining in a common intention actual principles for application, structure and form of a future artificial object. A rational concept is considered as a product of "conceptual design", which is nothing more than a step-by-step research on the possibility of achieving a desired goal. It precedes a full-scale development oriented to the project implementation. The author studies conceptual design as the process of idea evolution involving several s tages (Fig. 1). One of them is considered, for which an effort is made to generate an effective methodology of direct search for a rational concept with due regard for system and other methods.