Design of Devices and Systems, Third Edition,

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ISBN: 9780824799243 | 0824799240
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Copyright: 11/14/1997

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Details the product & system design process from conceptual, economic, & ethical considerations to modeling, decision making, & testing. Enables engineering educators to satisfy the requirements of the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) for the design component of engineering curricula. Third Edition features expanded coverage of product liability, engineering standards, patents, system design, computer-aided design, optimum design, reliability, & more.

Preface

iii

(2)

Introduction

1 DESIGN AND THE ENGINEER

(30)

1.1 Design

(10)

1.2 The Engineer as a Designer

(3)

1.3 Ethics

(8)

1.4 Summary

(1)

References

(1)

Review and Discussion

(2)

Practice Projects

(3)

2 PRODUCT LIABILITY

(45)

2.1 Product Liability Evolution

(5)

2.2 Foreseeable Use and Misuse

(4)

2.3 Reducing Product Liability Risk

(22)

2.4 The Importance of Design Review and Checking

(2)

2.5 The Engineer as Expert Witness

(7)

2.6 Summary

(1)

References

(1)

Review and Discussion

(1)

Practice Projects

(3)

3 NEED ANALYSIS AND SPECIFICATIONS

(21)

3.1 Need Analysis for Total Product Life

(2)

3.2 Determining What the Customer Wants

(1)

3.3 Determining the Restrictions of Groups with Authority

(9)

3.4 Determining Company Restrictions

(1)

3.5 Needs Analysis

(4)

3.6 Summary

(1)

References

(1)

Review and Discussion

(1)

Practice Projects

(1)

4 THE FEASIBILITY STUDY

(49)

4.1 Physical Realizability

(3)

4.2 A Physical Realizability Study

101

(8)

4.3 Company Compatibility

109

(1)

4.4 Economic Decision Analysis

110

(22)

4.5 Cost Estimating

132

(4)

4.6 What Determines Selling Price?

136

(3)

4.7 Summary

139

(1)

References

139

(1)

Review and Discussion

140

(1)

Practice Projects

141

(5)

5 PATENTS

146

(31)

5.1 Why the Designer is Interested in Patents

147

(4)

5.2 Structure of a Patent

151

(8)

5.3 Patent Searches: The Classification System

159

(6)

5.4 Basics of Patent Law

165

(4)

5.5 Computer Software

169

(2)

5.6 Other Intellectual Property

171

(3)

5.7 Summary

174

(1)

References

175

(1)

Review and Discussion

175

(1)

Practice Project

176

(1)

6 ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS AND INVENTIONS

177

(35)

6.1 Alternative Designs

177

(2)

6.2 What Can Be Learned from Great Inventors of the Past

179

(5)

6.3 A Theory of Invention

184

(3)

6.4 Blocks to Creativity

187

(2)

6.5 What Kind of Person Invents?

189

(2)

6.6 Identifying the Strategy

191

(3)

6.7 How to Improve Your Ability to Invent

194

(3)

6.8 Methods to Stimulate Invention

197

(11)

6.9 Summary

208

(1)

References

208

(1)

Review and Discussion

209

(1)

Practice Projects

210

(2)

7 MODELS

212

(52)

7.1 Sketches and Drawings

213

(3)

7.2 Block Diagrams

216

(2)

7.3 Network Models

218

(3)

7.4 Mathematical Models

221

(3)

7.5 Physical Models

224

(1)

7.6 Combination of Models

225

(6)

7.7 Use of Dimensional Analysis

231

(22)

7.8 Summary

253

(1)

References

253

(1)

Review and Discussion

254

(1)

Practice Projects

255

(9)

8 DECISIONS

264

(63)

8.1 Elements of Every Decision

265

(1)

8.2 Types of Decision Problems

266

(1)

8.3 Decisions Under Certainty

267

(34)

8.4 Decisions Under Risk

301

(7)

8.5 Decisions Under Uncertainty

308

(4)

8.6 Combination of Models

312

(6)

8.7 Summary

318

(1)

References

318

(1)

Review and Discussion

319

(1)

Practice Projects

319

(8)

9 THE DESIGN OF SYSTEMS

327

(13)

9.1 What Is a System?

328

(1)

9.2 The System Designer

329

(1)

9.3 Bringing the System into Focus

330

(2)

9.4 System Design

332

(6)

9.5 Summary

338

(1)

References

338

(1)

Review and Discussion

339

(1)

Practice Projects

339

(1)

10 DETAILED DESIGN OF DEVICES AND SYSTEMS

340

(34)

10.1 Evolution, Repeated Analysis, and Synthesis

340

(2)

10.2 Design by Repeated Analysis

342

(6)

10.3 Design by Synthesis

348

(11)

10.4 System Design; Reduction to Components

359

(8)

10.5 Summary

367

(1)

References

368

(1)

Review and Discussion

368

(1)

Practice Projects

369

(5)

11 PRODUCT DESIGN USING COMPUTERS

374

(37)

11.1 Hardware

374

(2)

11.2 Software

376

(13)

11.3 Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)

389

(3)

11.4 Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing

392

(4)

11.5 Expert Systems

396

(3)

11.6 Comprehensive CAE Systems

399

(7)

11.7 Summary

406

(1)

References

407

(1)

Review and Discussion

407

(1)

Practice Projects

408

(3)

12 OPTIMUM DESIGN

411

(41)

12.1 Preliminary Considerations

412

(2)

12.2 The General Optimization Problem

414

(2)

12.3 Optimization With Only a Criterion Function

416

(4)

12.4 Optimization With Functional Constraints

420

(6)

12.5 Optimization With Regional Constraints

426

(4)

12.6 Optimization With Functional and Regional Constraints--Lagrange Multipliers Extended

430

(6)

12.7 Searching

436

(6)

12.8 Optimization Using Comprehensive CAE Programs

442

(2)

12.9 Summary

444

(1)

References

445

(1)

Review and Discussion

445

(1)

Practice Projects

446

(6)

13 RELIABILITY

452

(39)

13.1 The Nature of Failures

453

(3)

13.2 Basic Relationships

456

(1)

13.3 Chance Failures

457

(4)

13.4 Early Failures

461

(3)

13.5 Wearout

464

(3)

13.6 Stress/Strength Interference

467

(3)

13.7 Calculation of Product Reliability

470

(5)

13.8 Other Statistical Distributions

475

(3)

13.9 Design Considerations

478

(3)

13.10 Reliability Growth Modeling

481

(4)

13.11 Human Factors

485

(1)

13.12 Summary

486

(1)

References

486

(1)

Review and Discussion

487

(1)

Practice Projects

488

(3)

14 ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING

491

(29)

14.1 Theory of Accelerated Testing

492

(7)

14.2 Testing a Few Samples

499

(4)

14.3 Goodness of Fit; Censored Data

503

(5)

14.4 Evaluating Proposed Improvements

508

(8)

14.5 Summary

516

(1)

References

517

(1)

Review and Discussion

517

(1)

Practice Projects

518

(2)

15 HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING

520

(23)

15.1 Human-Machine Interactions

521

(1)

15.2 Anthropometry

522

(3)

15.3 Bones and Muscles; Force and Work

525

(4)

15.4 Speed and Accuracy

529

(1)

15.5 Designing to Avoid Human Errors

530

(2)

15.6 Illumination

532

(2)

15.7 Information Feedback from the Product

534

(4)

15.8 Fatigue, Boredom, and Vigilance

538

(2)

15.9 Including Human Factors in Design

540

(1)

15.10 Summary

541

(1)

References

541

(1)

Review and Discussion

542

(1)

16 THE ART OF DESIGN

543

(14)

16.1 Design for Production

543

(8)

16.2 Industrial Design

551

(4)

16.3 Summary

555

(1)

References

555

(2)

Index

557

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