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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Subject 2.017
Tradeoffs
• Everything interesting that you do in LIFE and in
DESIGN is a tradeoff – getting what you want at
the expense of something else.
Industrial
machines
breakdowns/year
purchase cost
strength
weight
Building
materials
Brand A
B
C
carbon
fiber
steel
Al
Motor
servo
positioning error
power consumption
A smarter
controller!
Old vs. used?
Maintenance?
Cost? Fatigue?
Heterogeneous?
Finish? Corrosion?
Complexity?
Robustness? Cost?