preliminary design

collocation in English

meaningsofpreliminaryanddesign

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preliminary
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/
us
/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing ...
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design
noun
uk
/dɪˈzaɪn/
us
/dɪˈzaɪn/
a drawing or set of drawings showing how a building or product is to be made and how it will work ...
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Preliminarydesignsupport system based on a generic under-constraint solving technique.
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We wanted to provide useable knowledge of the production functions to the designer for evaluation in conceptual and earlypreliminarydesign.
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Some of the common stages of product design are requirements analysis,preliminarydesign, detailed design, geometric modeling, simulation, optimization, embodiment, prototype testing, manufacturing and assembly.
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The work concerns thepreliminarydesignof gas turbine engine cooling hole geometries.
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None were meant to be utilized during the aircraft conceptual or earlypreliminarydesignstages to improve an aircraft system's economic viability.
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This information is determinant for correctpreliminarydesign, and the generation of solid foundation and a common reference to specific design tasks.
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Another aspect of this approach relates to designer confidence in thepreliminarydesignmodels being utilized.
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There must be a conceptual andpreliminarydesignof the project so that impacts can be anticipated.
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We had to move quickly, as thepreliminarydesignwas already under way.
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The message is transferred to thepreliminarydesignagent in which the redesign process is carried out.
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There have been a number of applications of optimization to the different aspect of the ships atpreliminarydesignstage.
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In addition, the developed methodology is for thepreliminarydesignstage within the design process.
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Integrating the genetic algorithm with thepreliminarydesignof gas turbine cooling systems.
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Entirely machine-based evolutionary conceptual 0preliminarydesignprocesses are not suggested here nor are they considered currently viable.
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However, the key to making process trades during conceptual and earlypreliminarydesignis to develop and link a bottom-up cost model into the evaluation procedure.
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Although they are neither the longest nor the most expensive, the conceptual andpreliminarydesignphases are crucial because the solution is conceived during this period.
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It is envisaged that a realisticpreliminarydesignmodel of the system will involve several more layers of discrete0continuous variable parameters with a corresponding significant increase in chromosome length.
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