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Topic 3 Practice Questions
In 2017, Adidas launched the Ultra Boost shoe with an upper made entirely from yarns and filaments produced using plastic recovered from the ocean.
Outline why sketches would be used in the development of the Adidas Ultra Boost shoe.
(2 marks)
Topic 3.2
Explain the advantages of using virtual prototyping and full scale physical modelling to get feedback during the design development of the new Routemaster bus.
(6 marks)
Topic 3.3 + 3.4
List two advantages of using finite element analysis (FEA) for the design of the Boeing 787 wings.
(2 marks)
Topic 3.4
Explain how instrumented models have been used in the development of Boeing 787 wings.
(3 marks)
Topic 3.3
Explain two reasons why prototypes would have been used in the development of the Eames splint.
(6 marks)
Topic 3.3
Explain why designers used graphical modelling and physical modelling in the development of the IDEO trolley.
(6 marks)
Topic 3.2 + 3.3
Outline two advantages of using 3D printing to create the turbine blade shown in Figure 5.
(2 marks)
Explain one benefit for production when computer aided design (CAD) is used in the design phase.
(3 marks)
Topic 3.4
Before creating the CAD model shown in Figure 7, the designers would have created a number of conceptual models.
Explain two advantages of using conceptual modelling prior to the development of a CAD model.
(6 marks)
Topic 3
a) List one reason why clay modelling is still used to prototype models in processes such as car design.
(1 mark)
Topic 3.3
b) Describe the difference between surface and solid modelling.
(2 marks)
Topic 3.4
c) Outline why isometric drawings are often used in car design.
(2 marks)
Topic 3.2
d) Explain why digital humans are used in car interior design.
(3 marks)
Topic 3.4
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