Engineering Design A Project-Based Introduction [Paperback]

Dym, Little and Orwin's Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction, 4th Edition 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.

FOREWORD x

PREFACE xi

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvi

PART I INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 1 ENGINEERING DESIGN

What does it mean to design something? Is engineering design different from other kinds of design? 3

1.1 Where and when do engineers design? 3

1.2 A basic vocabulary for engineering design 7

1.3 Learning and doing engineering design 12

1.4 Managing engineering design projects 14

1.5 Notes 15

CHAPTER 2 DEFINING A DESIGN PROCESS AND A CASE STUDY

How do I do engineering design? Can you show me an example? 16

2.1 The design process as a process of questioning 16

2.2 Describing and prescribing a design process 19

2.3 Informing a design process 24

2.4 Case study: Design of a stabilizer for microlaryngeal surgery 27

2.5 Illustrative design examples 34

2.6 Notes 35

PART II THE DESIGN PROCESS AND DESIGN TOOLS 37

CHAPTER 3 PROBLEM DEFINITION: DETAILING CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS

What does the client require of tlÓ4