Book description
Dym, Little and Orwin's successful client-driven, team-based approach to engineering design gets students actively involved with conceptual design methods and project management tools. The book helps students acquire design skills as they experience the activity of design by doing design projects. It is equally suitable for use in project-based first-year courses, formal engineering design courses, and capstone project courses.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- PREFACE
- Acknowledgments
- PART I: INTRODUCTION
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PART II: THE DESIGN PROCESS AND DESIGN TOOLS
- CHAPTER 3: PROBLEM DEFINITION: DETAILING CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS
- CHAPTER 4: PROBLEM DEFINITION: CLARIFYING THE OBJECTIVES
- CHAPTER 5: PROBLEM DEFINITION: IDENTIFYING CONSTRAINTS
- CHAPTER 6: PROBLEM DEFINITION: ESTABLISHING FUNCTIONS
- CHAPTER 7: CONCEPTUAL DESIGN: GENERATING DESIGN ALTERNATIVES
- CHAPTER 8: CONCEPTUAL DESIGN: EVALUATING DESIGN ALTERNATIVES AND CHOOSING A DESIGN
- PART III: DESIGN COMMUNICATION
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PART IV: DESIGN MODELING, ENGINEERING ECONOMICS, AND DESIGN USE
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CHAPTER 12: MATHEMATICAL MODELING IN DESIGN
- 12.1 SOME MATHEMATICAL HABITS OF THOUGHT FOR DESIGN MODELING
- 12.2 SOME MATHEMATICAL TOOLS FOR DESIGN MODELING
- 12.3 MODELING A BATTERY-POWERED PAYLOAD CART
- 12.4 DESIGN MODELING OF A LADDER RUNG
- 12.5 PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A LADDER RUNG
- 12.6 CLOSING REMARKS ON MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, AND DESIGN
- 12.7 NOTES
- CHAPTER 13: ENGINEERING ECONOMICS IN DESIGN
- CHAPTER 14: DESIGN FOR PRODUCTION, USE, AND SUSTAIN ABILITY
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CHAPTER 12: MATHEMATICAL MODELING IN DESIGN
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PART V: DESIGN TEAMS, TEAM MANAGEMENT, AND ETHICS IN DESIGN
- CHAPTER 15: DESIGN TEAM DYNAMICS
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CHAPTER 16: MANAGING A DESIGN PROJECT
- 16.1 GETTING STARTED: ESTABLISHING THE MANAGERIAL NEEDS OF A PROJECT
- 16.2 TOOLS FOR MANAGING A PROJECT's SCOPE
- 16.3 THE TEAM CALENDAR: A TOOL FOR MANAGING A PROJECT's SCHEDULE
- 16.4 THE BUDGET: A TOOL FOR MANAGING A PROJECT's SPENDING
- 16.5 MONITORING AND CONTROLLING PROJECTS: MEASURING A PROJECT's PROGRESS
- 16.6 MANAGING THE END OF A PROJECT
- 16.7 NOTES
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CHAPTER 17: ETHICS IN DESIGN
- 17.1 ETHICS: UNDERSTANDING OBLIGATIONS
- 17.2 CODES OF ETHICS: WHAT ARE OUR PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATIONS?
- 17.3 OBLIGATIONS MAY START WITH THE CLIENT…
- 17.4 … BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PUBLIC AND THE PROFESSION?
- 17.5 ON ENGINEERING PRACTICE AND THE WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC
- 17.6 ETHICS: ALWAYS A PART OF ENGINEERING PRACTICE
- 17.7 NOTES
- APPENDIX A: PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF PROTOTYPING
- APPENDIX B: PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF ENGINEERING DRAWING
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APPENDIX C: EXERCISES
- C.1 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 1
- C.2 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 2
- C.3 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 3
- C.4 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 4
- C.5 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 5
- C.6 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 6
- C.7 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 7
- C.8 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 8
- C.9 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 9
- C.10 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 10
- C.11 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 11
- C.12 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 12
- C.13 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 13
- C.14 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 14
- C.15 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 15
- C.16 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 16
- C.17 EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 17
- C.18 EXERCISES FOR APPENDIX B
- REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
Product information
- Title: Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction, Fourth Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2013
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118324585
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