Research Article

Community Micro-Ambulance Design Based on QFD and TRIZ Theories

Table 11

Ambulance conflicts and recommended principles of invention.

TypeConflicts and contradictionRefinement of conflictsSeparation principleRecommended principles of invention [30]

Physical contradictionsNumber of accompanying people/equipment and the number of ambulancesQuantity: more and lessTime separation principle9, 10, 11, 15, 34
Narrow appearance and easy to pass through-convenient parking and openingAppearance: wide and narrowSpatial separation principle1, 2, 3, 7, 4, 17
Narrow appearance-easy to pass through and spacious interior spaceAppearance: wide and narrowSpatial separation principle28, 33, 1, 18

Technical contradictionsStrong driving stability-high driving speedSpeed and structural stabilityCorresponding invention principle28, 33, 1, 18