Margin Value Analysis
Module 01 · Case Studies

Worked examples

How the MVM has been applied to real engineering design problems.

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Featured cases

Case studies in preparation The cases below are summarised from the published method paper and from ongoing work. Detailed write-ups, parametric model files, and result figures will be added as they are released.
Mechanical · Original method paper

Belt conveyor drive system

The original case study from Brahma & Wynn (2021). A belt conveyor's drive system is sized through a chain of catalogue selections (motor, pump, hydraulic cylinder), each carrying a margin between its decided value and the requirement passed up from downstream load conditions.

The MVM analysis identifies which of these margins are most worth keeping under foreseeable changes in conveyor mass and lift height, and which add cost without buying meaningful change-absorption.

Domain: Mechanical · hydraulics Decisions: Catalogue selections Source: Brahma & Wynn 2021
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Additional case studies

Further worked examples from on-going research projects at Chalmers — including margin analyses on additive-manufactured components and on safety-critical aerospace systems — will be published here as they pass review.

Status: in preparation Updated: 2026
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