Engineering Design: A Project Based Introduction, 3rd Edition

by Clive L. Dym (Harvey Mudd College ); Patrick Little

• ISBN13: 9780470225967
• ISBN10: 0470225963
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781118324585
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: WILEY
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Summary

Engineers continue to turn to Engineering Design to learn the tools and techniques of formal design that will be useful in framing the design problems. Insights and tips on team dynamics are provided because design and research is increasingly done in teams. Readers are also introduced to conceptual design tools like objectives trees, morphological charts, and requirement matrices. Case studies are included that show the relevance of these tools to practical settings. The third edition offers a view of the design tools that even the greenest of engineers will have in their toolbox in the coming years.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Engineering Design

Where and when do engineers design?

A vocabulary primer for engineering design

More on design and engineering design

On the evolution of design and engineering design

Managing engineering design

Notes

Exercises

The Design Process

The design process as a process of questioning

Describing and prescribing the design process

Strategies, methods, and means in the design process

Getting started on managing the design process

Case study and illustrative examples

Notes

Exercises

Defining the Client's Design Problem

Identifying and representing the client's objectives

On measuring things

Setting priorities: Rank ordering the client's objectives

Demonstrating success: Measuring the achievement of objectives

Constraints: Setting limits on what the client can have

Designing an arm support for a CP-afflicted student

Notes

Exercises

Functions and Requirements

Identifying functions

Design requirements: Specifying functions, behavior and attributes

Functions for the Danbury arm support

Managing the requirements stage

Notes

Exercises

Generating and Evaluating Design Alternatives

Using a morphological chart to generate a design space

Expanding and pruning the design space

Applying metrics to objectives: Selecting the preferred design

Generating and evaluating designs for the Danbury arm support

Managing the generation and selection of design alternatives

Notes

Exercises

Design Modeling, Analysis and Optimization

Some mathematical habits of thought for design modeling

Design modeling of a ladder rung

Preliminary and detailed design of a ladder rung

Notes

Exercises

Communicating the Design Outcome (I): Building Models and Prototypes

Prototypes, models, and proofs of concept

Building models and prototypes

Selecting a fastener

Notes

Exercises

Communicating the Design Outcome (II): Engineering Drawings

Engineering design drawings speak to many audiences

Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing

Notes

Exercises

Communicating the Design Outcome (III): Oral and Written Reports

General guidelines for technical communication

Oral presentations: Telling a crowd what's been done

The project report: Writing for the client, not for history

Final report elements for the Danbury arm support project

Managing the project endgame

Notes

Exercises

Leading and Managing the Design Process

Getting started: Organizing the design process

Managing design activities

An overview of project management tools

The team charter: What exactly have we gotten ourselves into?

Work breakdown structures: What must be done to finish the job

Linear responsibility charts: Keeping track of who's doing what

Schedules and other time management tools: Keeping track of time

Budgets: Follow the money

Tools for monitoring and controlling: Measuring our progress

Managing the Danbury arm support project

Notes

Exercises

Designing for . .

Designing for manufacture and assembly: Can we make this design?

Designing for cost: Can we afford this design?

Designing for reliability: How long will this design work?

Designing for sustainability: What about the environment?

Designing for quality: Building a House of Quality

Notes

Exercises

Ethics in Design

Ethics: Understanding obligations

Codes of Ethics: What are our professional obligations?

Obligations may start with the client . . .

. . . but what about the public and the profession?

Engineering ethics and the welfare of the public

Ethics: Always a Part of engineering practice

Notes

Exercises

References and Bibliography

Index

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