Overview

This book provides engineers and students with a general framework focusing on the processes of designing new engineering products. The procedures covered by the framework lead the reader to the best trade-offs to ensure maximum satisfaction of the customer’s needs, meeting the lowest cost expectations, ensuring the lowest environmental impact and maximising profits and best positioning in the marketplace. Chapters discuss the engineering tools that are compatible with these goals and sustainable activity.

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Author:   Efrén M Benavides (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain) ,  Efraen Moreno Benavides ,  E M Benavides
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9780081016633

ISBN 10:   0081016638
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   19 August 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Dedication List of figures and tables Acknowledgments About the author Chapter 1: The design process Abstract: 1.1 The concept of design and related terms 1.2 Design as a value-generating process in society 1.3 The goal of design theories 1.4 Background 1.5 The scope of design theories 1.6 The definition of design 1.7 The characteristics of design 1.8 Design problem 1.9 Activities in the design process 1.10 Information management 1.11 The design process as a product 1.12 The importance of the design process 1.13 The importance of Design Science Chapter 2: Information, entropy and its relationship to design Abstract: 2.1 The design process in terms of probabilities 2.2 Definition of design 2.3 Uncertainty 2.4 Entropy 2.5 Joint entropy, conditioned entropy and relative entropy 2.6 Mutual information 2.7 Upper and lower bounds of mutual information. Information content of a variable 2.8 Process information 2.9 Spaces of definition: need–solution–response–satisfaction 2.10 Degree of satisfaction 2.11 Conceptual and detailed design 2.12 Operators. Necessary, generated and available information 2.13 First statements Chapter 3: Axiomatic design Abstract: 3.1 Introduction to axiomatic design 3.2 Independence axiom 3.3 Information axiom 3.4 Independence of the axioms 3.5 Most relevant theorems and corollaries 3.6 Design process 3.7 Example application in the aeronautical industry: main bearing configuration on a jet engine 3.8 Quantitative study of the design matrix 3.9 Example application: flow and temperature control 54 Chapter 4: Metric design Abstract: 4.1 Introduction to metric design 4.2 Quality loss 4.3 System design and parameter design 4.4 Tolerance design 4.5 Robust design 4.6 Cost-effectiveness of advanced design techniques 4.7 Example application Chapter 5: Reliability-based design Abstract: 5.1 Objective of reliability calculations 5.2 Definition of reliability 5.3 Calculating the probability of failure 5.4 First-Order Reliability Model (FORM) 5.5 Semi-empirical reliability model 5.6 Example application: influence of radial clearance on bearing life with a surface fatigue failure mode Chapter 6: Entropy-based design Abstract: 6.1 The Minimum Tolerance Theorem 6.2 The Linearity Theorem 6.3 Example application: conceptual design of a fuel supply system for gasoline engines 6.4 The principle of minimum generation of entropy and information Appendix: statistical concepts Index

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"""The author has succeeded with this new book in skillfully collating the different theories and current thinking in engineering design processes."" --Materials World, Kevin Edwards FIMMM"

The author has succeeded with this new book in skillfully collating the different theories and current thinking in engineering design processes., Materials World, Kevin Edwards FIMMM

"""The author has succeeded with this new book in skillfully collating the different theories and current thinking in engineering design processes."" --Materials World, Kevin Edwards FIMMM"

The author has succeeded with this new book in skillfully collating the different theories and current thinking in engineering design processes. --Materials World, Kevin Edwards FIMMM

Author Information

Prof. Efrén M. Benavides is a lecturer at the School of Aeronautics (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) in mechanical design, reciprocating engines and propulsion systems with research work in the field of aeronautics. These research fields include several topics related with engineering design such as axial compressors, reciprocating engines, thermoacoustics, heat transfer and reliability. Benavides has written several articles about these subjects in a variety of scholarly journals and scientific literature.

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