Improving Engineering Design

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309044782
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving Engineering Design written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective design and manufacturing, both of which are necessary to produce high-quality products, are closely related. However, effective design is a prerequisite for effective manufacturing. This new book explores the status of engineering design practice, education, and research in the United States and recommends ways to improve design to increase U.S. industry's competitiveness in world markets.

Author : John Clarkson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1846280613
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Design Process Improvement written by John Clarkson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-26 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: vi The process is important! I learned this lesson the hard way during my previous existence working as a design engineer with PA Consulting Group's Cambridge Technology Centre. One of my earliest assignments involved the development of a piece of labo- tory automation equipment for a major European pharmaceutical manufacturer.Two things stick in my mind from those early days – first, that the equipment was always to be ready for delivery in three weeks and,second,that being able to write well structured Pascal was not sufficient to deliver reliable software performance. Delivery was ultimately six months late,the project ran some sixty percent over budget and I gained my first promotion to Senior Engineer. At the time it puzzled me that I had been unable to predict the John Clarkson real effort required to complete the automation project – I had Reader in Engineering Design, genuinely believed that the project would be finished in three Director, Cambridge Engineering weeks.It was some years later that I discovered Kenneth Cooper's Design Centre papers describing the Rework Cycle and realised that I had been the victim of “undiscovered rework”.I quickly learned that project plans were not just inaccurate,as most project managers would attest,but often grossly misleading,bearing little resemblance to actual development practice.

Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Engineering Design Theory and Methodology
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving Engineering Design written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Engineering Design Theory and Methodology and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard De Neufville
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262297337
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flexibility in Engineering Design written by Richard De Neufville and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011-08-12 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to using the power of design flexibility to improve the performance of complex technological projects, for designers, managers, users, and analysts. Project teams can improve results by recognizing that the future is inevitably uncertain and that by creating flexible designs they can adapt to eventualities. This approach enables them to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid harmful losses. Designers of complex, long-lasting projects—such as communication networks, power plants, or hospitals—must learn to abandon fixed specifications and narrow forecasts. They need to avoid the “flaw of averages,” the conceptual pitfall that traps so many designs in underperformance. Failure to allow for changing circumstances risks leaving significant value untapped. This book is a guide for creating and implementing value-enhancing flexibility in design. It will be an essential resource for all participants in the development and operation of technological systems: designers, managers, financial analysts, investors, regulators, and academics. The book provides a high-level overview of why flexibility in design is needed to deliver significantly increased value. It describes in detail methods to identify, select, and implement useful flexibility. The book is unique in that it explicitly recognizes that future outcomes are uncertain. It thus presents forecasting, analysis, and evaluation tools especially suited to this reality. Appendixes provide expanded explanations of concepts and analytic tools.

Author : Crispin Hales
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 085729394X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Engineering Design written by Crispin Hales and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features include: jargon-free language with well-tried, real-world examples; useful tips for managers at the end of each chapter; a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the book. It is also highly informative for graduate and undergraduate engineering students and ideally suited for establishing a web-based design management system for geographically dispersed teams. Changes in the second edition: New case studies. Expanded text in each chapter (about 50 new pages worth) including a wholly new chapter on the analysis of the design process as a whole.

Author : Hugh Jack
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128241640
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engineering Design, Planning, and Management written by Hugh Jack and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineering Design, Planning and Management, Second Edition represents a compilation of essential resources, methods, materials and knowledge developed by the author and used over two decades. The book covers engineering design methodology through an interdisciplinary approach, with concise discussions and a visual format. It explores project management and creative design in the context of both established companies and entrepreneurial start-ups. Readers will discover the usefulness of the design process model through practical examples and applications from across engineering disciplines. Sections explain useful design techniques, including concept mapping and weighted decision matrices that are supported with extensive graphics, flowcharts and accompanying interactive templates. Discussions are organized around 12 chapters dealing with topics such design concepts and embodiments, decision-making, finance, budgets, purchasing, bidding, communication, meetings and presentations, reliability and system design, manufacturing design and mechanical design. Covers all steps in the design process Includes several chapters on project management, budgeting and teamwork, providing sufficient background to help readers effectively work with time and budget constraints Provides flowcharts, checklists and other templates that are useful for implementing successful design methods Presents examples and applications from several different engineering fields to show the general usefulness of the design process model

Author : Michael Fosmire
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781612493084
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Integrating Information Into the Engineering Design Process written by Michael Fosmire and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineering design is a fundamental problem-solving model used by the discipline. Effective problem-solving requires the ability to find and incorporate quality information sources. To teach courses in this area effectively, educators need to understand the information needs of engineers and engineering students and their information gathering habits. This book provides essential guidance for engineering faculty and librarians wishing to better integrate information competencies into their curricular offerings. The treatment of the subject matter is pragmatic, accessible, and engaging. Rather than focusing on specific resources or interfaces, the book adopts a process-driven approach that outlasts changing information technologies. After several chapters introducing the conceptual underpinnings of the book, a sequence of shorter contributions go into more detail about specific steps in the design process and the information needs for those steps. While they are based on the latest research and theory, the emphasis of the chapters is on usable knowledge. Designed to be accessible, they also include illustrative examples drawn from specific engineering sub-disciplines to show how the core concepts can be applied in those situations.

Author : Andrew Kusiak
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engineering Design written by Andrew Kusiak and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book introduces the reader to models, frameworks, methodologies, and algorithms that have been applied with great success in industry. These approaches have significantly reduced product development cycle time and improved product and process quality and reliability. Engineering design impacts a wide range of tasks, beginning with the recognition of customer needs and ending with the disposal of the designed artifact. Engineering Design: Products, Processes, and Systems is unique in presenting a process view that allows for uniform treatment of problems and issues over the entire product life cycle. The reader will acquire a complete understanding of process modeling methodologies, process reengineering, the organization of design teams, design for manufacturing, and problem solving from tolerance design to product modularity and negotiation among members of the design team. Key features: * Reduce time in the product development cycle, * Improve quality, productivity, and reliability of products and processes, * Effectively manage the design process, * Solve practical design problems, * Design modular products, * Design products and systems for a manufacturing environment, * Form multidisciplinary design teams, * Develop a virtual design environment"--Publisher description.

Author : Andreas Öchsner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319790056
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engineering Design Applications written by Andreas Öchsner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-19 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gives an overview on recent developments for various applications of modern engineering design. Different engineering disciplines such as mechanical, materials, computer and process engineering provide the foundation for the design and development of improved structures, materials and processes. The modern design cycle is characterized by an interaction of different disciplines and a strong shift to computer-based approaches where only a few experiments are performed for verification purposes. A major driver for this development is the increased demand for cost reduction, which is also connected to environmental demands. In the transportation industry (e.g. automotive or aerospace), this is connected with the demand for higher fuel efficiency, which is related to the operational costs and the lower harm for the environment. One way to fulfil such requirements are lighter structures and/or improved processes for energy conversion. Another emerging area is the interaction of classical engineering with the health and medical sector. In this book, many examples of the mentioned design applications are presented.

Author : Landon C. G. Miller
Publisher : Society of Manufacturing Engineers
ISBN 13 : 9780872634336
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Concurrent Engineering Design written by Landon C. G. Miller and published by Society of Manufacturing Engineers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing intensity surrounding globalization of manufacturing and its competitive environment force a much higher 'expectation' of design as falling within the 'optimum range of parameters.' This new book explains how the CE Design process provides a stable, repeatable process through which increased accuracy is achieved. Section I: The Business Environment Surrounding Concurrent Engineering Design includes an introduction, asks 'Why' CE Design, explains how CE Design can create a competitive advantage, and addresses CE Design as a world class manufacturing enabler. Section II: Concurrent Engineering Design Business Process Framework looks at CE DesignAs relationship to process management, the design process, and manufacturability process. Section III: Concurrent Engineering Design Architectural and Implementation Framework focuses on CE DesignAs automated infrastructure, and implementation planning for engineering design.