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Volume 6, Issue 2 (Suppl) J Aeronaut Aerospace Eng
ISSN: 2168-9792 JAAE, an open access journal Satellite 2017
May 11-13, 2017
May 11-13, 2017 Barcelona, Spain
3rd International Conference and Exhibition on
Satellite & Space Missions
Research methodology in mechanical systems and bionics from Plato to contemporary science
Simona-Mariana Cretu
University of Craiova, Romania
Statement of the Problem: During the process of scientific creation, innovators can apply creativity techniques either intuitively
or by using the most appropriate research methodology. A research methodology can use present or historical knowledge. Many
scientific matters of current interest are described in Plato’s work, and some contradictory topics from his work are still debated. A
short overview referring to the methodological rules from Plato’s work which has not been exceeded is considered to be necessary.
Aim: The aim of this paper is to promote the utilization of the appropriate research methodology in the process of scientific creation
in the field of mechanical systems and bionics, to present some applications, as well as focusing our attention on new historical
research with useful results in the present.
Methodology &Theoretical Orientation: Some of the streams used in solving difficult problems are: Experimental analysis, thought
experiments, visual analogy, inventive principles recommended by TRIZ method (the theory of inventive problem solving), and
maintenance of the idea in long-term-memory.
Results: The paper presents the author’s point of view referring to the interpretations of Plato’s books. Some new applications of Plato’s
ideas in mechanical systems are included. The author’s strategy utilized in the process of scientific creation in bionics was applied
to obtain several biological robots and models of mechanical systems inspired from nature, e.g., viruses. The applications of TRIZ
method in the field of mechanisms and robots, even for the calculus, e.g., global mobility, are obtained.
Conclusion & Significance:The author aims for the paper to be useful to other young researchers who strive to improve their strategy
in the process of scientific creation. In addition to that, the paper encourages researchers from different fields to collaborate together
for solving the contradictions from Plato’s work.
Figure 1: Algorithm for creative thinking
Biography
Simona-Mariana Cretu completed her BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1984, and PhD in Mechanisms in 1999 at University of Craiova. From 1984 to 1992, she
was a Research Engineer at Research Laboratory for CAD Systems, ICMET and Craiova. Since 1992, she has been working in Department of Applied Mechanics
and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Mechanics, Craiova, where she is currently a Professor. She wrote scientific papers and books in the fields of “Mechanisms,
biological robots, creative techniques, philosophy and history of science”. She realized new models for legged robots and viruses inspired from nature, and
proposed a new interpretation of Plato’s books.
Simona-Mariana Cretu, J Aeronaut Aerospace Eng 2017, 6:2(Suppl)
The desired target properties
The scheme-source: a simplified scheme
image
relationships
Long-term memory:
the scheme-source external strains
Memory database
Analogical process
-from present to the past
-depending on the intensity of the information,
External data
-successively
Mapping and transfer probable targets
Elimination of the contradictions (TRIZ method) Final target
from high to low
Evaluation
internal strainsor/andwishes