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Engineering design methods : strategies for product design / Nigel Cross.

By: Cross, Nigel, 1942- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Chichester : Wiley, 1994Edition: 2nd ed.Description: x,179 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0471942286.Subject(s): Engineering designDDC classification: 620.0042
Contents:
The nature of design -- The design process -- Design methods -- Clarifying objectives -- Establishing functions -- Setting requirements -- Determining characteristics -- Generating alternatives -- Evaluating alternatives -- Improving details -- Design strategies.
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General lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 620.0042 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00153382
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book is also available through the Introductory Engineering Custom Publishing System. If you are interested in creating a course-pack that includes chapters from this book, you can get further information by calling 212-850-6272 or sending email inquiries to engineer&atsign;jwiley.com. Concentrates on basic approaches to design for a wide range of engineering products emphasizing problem formulation, conceptual and embodiment design as well as a mix of creative and systematic techniques which together can be used to resolve product design problems. Completely updated and revised this edition contains a new chapter on design for quality and numerous new examples.

Previous ed. : 1989.

Bibliography: p175-176. - Includes index.

The nature of design -- The design process -- Design methods -- Clarifying objectives -- Establishing functions -- Setting requirements -- Determining characteristics -- Generating alternatives -- Evaluating alternatives -- Improving details -- Design strategies.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgements (p. vi)
  • Introduction (p. ix)
  • Part 1 Understanding Design (p. 1)
  • 1 The Nature of Design (p. 3)
  • Design Activities (p. 3)
  • Design Problems (p. 11)
  • Problem Structures (p. 15)
  • 2 Design Ability (p. 19)
  • What Designers Say (p. 19)
  • How Designers Think (p. 21)
  • Learning to Design (p. 25)
  • 3 The Design Process (p. 29)
  • Descriptive Models (p. 29)
  • Prescriptive Models (p. 34)
  • An Integrative Model (p. 42)
  • Part 2 Doing Design (p. 43)
  • 4 New Design Procedures (p. 45)
  • Systematic Procedures (p. 45)
  • Design Methods (p. 46)
  • Creative Methods (p. 48)
  • Rational Methods (p. 56)
  • 5 Clarifying Objectives (p. 61)
  • The Objectives Tree Method (p. 62)
  • 6 Establishing Functions (p. 77)
  • The Function Analysis Method (p. 78)
  • 7 Setting Requirements (p. 91)
  • The Performance Specification Method (p. 92)
  • 8 Determining Characteristics (p. 107)
  • The Quality Function Deployment Method (p. 108)
  • 9 Generating Alternatives (p. 123)
  • The Morphological Chart Method (p. 124)
  • 10 Evaluating Alternatives (p. 139)
  • The Weighted Objectives Method (p. 140)
  • 11 Improving Details (p. 163)
  • The Value Engineering Method (p. 164)
  • Part 3 Managing Design (p. 183)
  • 12 Design Strategies (p. 185)
  • What is a Design Strategy? (p. 185)
  • Frameworks for Action (p. 190)
  • Strategy Control (p. 191)
  • Setting Strategies and Choosing Tactics (p. 193)
  • 13 Product Development (p. 197)
  • Product Design (p. 197)
  • Product Planning (p. 198)
  • Product Innovation (p. 202)
  • Technology Push and Market Pull (p. 205)
  • References and Sources (p. 209)
  • Index (p. 211)