Engineering Design: A Materials and Processing Approach     George E. Dieter
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Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition xiii
Preface to the Second Edition xv
Preface to the First Edition xvii

1 The Product Design Process 1

1.1 Introduction 1

Product Design Process 3

1.2 Importance of Product Design 3
1.3 The Design Process--A Simplified Approach 6
1.4 Considerations of a Good Design 12
1.5 Detailed Description of Design Process 15
1.6 Marketing 20
1.7 Organization for Design 23
1.8 Computer-Aided Engineering 28
1.9 Designing to Codes and Standards 31
1.10 Design Review 34

Technological Innovation and the Design Process 36

1.11 Technological Innovation 36
1.12 Product and Process Cycles 42
1.13 Societal Considerations in Engineering 46
1.14 Summary 52
> Bibliography 53
Problems and Exercises 53

2.1 Introduction 55
2.2 Before the Problem-Definition Step 55
2.3 Identifying Customer Needs 57
2.4 Benchmarking 64
2.5 Customer Requirements 66
2.6 Quality Function Deployment 69
2.7 Product Design Specification 74
2.8 Summary 79
Bibliography 79
> Problems and Exercises 80

3.1 Introduction 82
3.2 What It Means to Be an Effective Team Member 83
3.3 Team Roles 84
3.4 Team Dynamics 85
3.5 Effective Team Meetings 88
3.6 Problems with Teams 90
3.7 Problem-Solving Tools 92
3.8 Time Management 106
3.9 Planning and Scheduling 107
3.10 Summary 114
> Bibliography 115
Problems and Exercises 116

4.1 The Information Problem 119
4.2 Copyright and Copying 122
4.3 How and Where to Find It 123
4.4 Library Sources of Information 125
4.5 Government Sources of Information 131
4.6 Information from the Internet 133
4.7 Patent Literature 138
4.8 Codes and Standards 144
4.9 Expert Systems 146
4.10 Summary 148
> Bibliography 149
Problems and Exercises 149

5.1 Introduction 151
5.2 Creativity and Problem Solving 153
5.3 Creativity Methods 157
5.4 Creative Idea Evaluation 162
5.5 Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) 162
5.6 Conceptual Decomposition 168
5.7 Generating Design Concepts 174
5.8 Axiomatic Design 178
5.9 Evaluation Methods 182
5.10 Decision Making 195
5.11 Summary 205
> Bibliography 206
Problems and Exercises 206

6.1 Introduction 210
6.2 Product Architecture 212
6.3 Configuration Design 218
6.4 Parametric Design 222
6.5 Best Practices 227
6.6 Industrial Design 230
6.7 Human Factors Design 234
6.8 Design for the Environment 238
6.9 Design for X (DFX) 243
6.10 Summary 244
Bibliography 244
Problems and Exercises 245

7.1 The Role of Models in Engineering Design 247
7.2 Mathematical Modeling 251
7.3 Dimensional Analysis 256
7.4 Similitude and Scale Models 259
7.5 Simulation 263
7.6 Geometric Modeling on the Computer 269
7.7 Finite-Element Analysis 277
7.8 Computer Visualization 285
7.9 Rapid Prototyping 287
7.10 Summary 289
Bibliography 290
Problems and Exercises 291

8.1 Introduction 294
8.2 Performance Characteristics of Materials 297
8.3 The Materials Selection Process 302
8.4 Sources of Information on Materials Properties 308
8.5 Economics of Materials 313
8.6 Methods of Materials Selection 315
8.7 Selection with Computer-Aided Databases 318
8.8 Materials Performance Indices 319
8.9 Decision Matrices 323
8.10 Materials Selection by Expert Systems 326
8.11 Value Analysis 328
8.12 Design Example--Materials Systems 332
8.13 Design Example--Materials Substitution 335
8.14 Recycling and Materials Selection 337
8.15 Materials in Design 342
8.16 Design for Brittle Fracture 342
8.17 Design for Fatigue Failure 347
8.18 Design for Corrosion Resistance 357
8.19 Design with Plastics 360
8.20 Design with Brittle Materials 368
8.21 Summary 371
> Bibliography 372
Problems and Exercises 373

9.1 Role of Processing in Design 377
9.2 Classification of Manufacturing Processes 379
9.3 Factors Determining Process Selection 386
9.4 Design for Manufacturability (DFM) 397
9.5 Design for Assembly (DFA) 401
9.6 Early Estimation of Manufacturing Cost 403
9.7 Computer Methods for DFM and DFA 410
9.8 Design for Castings 415
9.9 Design for Forgings 421
9.10 Design for Sheet-Metal Forming 426
9.11 Design for Machining 429
9.12 Design for Powder Metallurgy 436
9.13 Design for Welding 437
9.14 Residual Stresses in Design 443
9.15 Design for Heat Treatment 450
9.16 Design for Plastics Processing 453
9.17 Summary 457
Bibliography 459
> Problems and Exercises 459

10.1 Statistics and Design 462
10.2 Probability 463
10.3 Errors and Samples 466
10.4 Frequency Distribution 467
10.5 Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion 469
10.6 The Normal Distribution 472
10.7 Weibull and Other Frequency Distributions 475
10.8 Sampling Distributions 482
10.9 Statistical Tests of Hypotheses 484
10.10 Statistical Intervals 491
10.11 Analysis of Variance 493
10.12 Statistical Design of Experiments (DOE) 497
10.13 Factorial Design 501
10.14 Regression Analysis 507
10.15 Response Surface Methodology 511
10.16 Summary 513
Bibliography 514
Problems and Exercises 514

11.1 Introduction 521
11.2 Probabilistic Approach to Design 526
11.3 Reliability Theory 533
11.4 Design for Reliability 545
11.5 Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) 551
11.6 Fault Tree Analysis 555
11.7 Defects and Failure Modes 557
11.8 Techniques of Failure Analysis 559
11.9 Design for Safety 565
11.10 Summary 568
Bibliography 568
Problems and Exercises 569

12.1 The Concept of Total Quality 573
12.2 Quality Control and Assurance 576
12.3 Quality Improvement 582
12.4 Statistical Process Control 585
12.5 Taguchi Method 591
12.6 Robust Design 596
12.7 Optimization Methods 603
12.8 Evaluation Considerations in Optimization 619
12.9 Design Optimization 622
12.10 Summary 624
Bibliography 625
Problems and Exercises 626

13.1 Introduction 629
13.2 Mathematics of Time Value of Money 630
13.3 Cost Comparison 636
13.4 Depreciation 640
13.5 Taxes 644
13.6 Profitability of Investments 649
13.7 Other Aspects of Profitability 656
13.8 Inflation 657
13.9 Sensitivity and Break-even Analysis 660
13.10 Uncertainty in Economic Analysis 662
13.11 Benefit-Cost Analysis 663
13.12 Summary 665
Bibliography 666
Problems and Exercises 667

14.1 Introduction 671
14.2 Categories of Costs 672
14.3 Methods of Developing Cost Estimates 674
14.4 Cost Indexes 677
14.5 Cost-Capacity Factors 679
14.6 Estimating Plant Cost 680
14.7 Design to Cost 681
14.8 Manufacturing Costs 685
14.9 Value Analysis in Costing 687
14.10 Overhead Costs 689
14.11 Activity-Based Costing 692
14.12 Product Profit Model 695
14.13 Learning Curve 697
14.14 Cost Models 701
14.15 Life Cycle Costing 707
14.16 Summary 709
Bibliography 710
Problems and Exercises 710

15.1 Introduction 715
15.2 The Origin of Laws 716
15.3 Contracts 716
15.4 Liability 719
15.5 Tort Law 720
15.6 Product Liability 722
15.7 Protecting Intellectual Property 726
15.8 The Legal and Ethical Domains 728
15.9 Codes of Ethics 729
15.10 Solving Ethical Conflicts 734
15.11 Summary 738
Bibliography 740
Problems and Exercises 741

16.1 Introduction 743
16.2 Detail Design 743
16.3 Detail Drawings 746
16.4 Bill of Materials 749
16.5 Impact of CAE on Detail Design 750
16.6 Final Design Review 751
16.7 Summary 754
Bibliography 754
Problems and Exercises 755

17.1 The Nature of Communication 756
17.2 The Design Notebook 758
17.3 Writing the Technical Report 759
17.4 Meetings and Presentations 766
17.5 Oral Presentations 767
17.6 Visual Aids 770
17.7 Using Electronic Mail 772
17.8 Summary 774
Bibliography 774
Problems and Exercises 775

A Interest Tables 776
B Statistical Tables 780
C Useful Operating Characteristic Curves 787
Indexes 790

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