Product design Books

This book discusses the latest advances in affective and pleasurable design. It reports on important theoretical and practical issues, covering a wealth of topics including aesthetics in product and system design, design-driven innovation, affective...

This book reports on the state of the art in physical ergonomics and addresses the design of products, processes, services, and work systems to ensure they are productive, safe, and enjoyable for people to use. The human body's responses to physical and...

This book reports on original theoretical and experimental findings related to a number of cutting-edge topics in mechanics and mechanical engineering, such as structure modelling and computation; design methodology and manufacturing processes;...

This book reports on advances in sensing, modeling and control methods for different robotic platforms such as multi-degree of freedom robotic arms, unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous mobile platforms. Based on 2018 Symposium on Mechatronics,...

This book provides extensive information on the key technical design disciplines, education programs, international best practices and modes of delivery that are aimed at preparing a trans-disciplinary design workforce for the future. It also presents a...

This book covers a variety of topics related to machine manufacturing and concerning machine design, product assembly, technological aspects of production, mechatronics and production maintenance. Based on papers presented at the...

This book introduces a stability and control methodology named AeroMech, capable of sizing the primary control effectors of fixed wing subsonic to hypersonic designs of conventional and unconventional configuration layout. Control power demands are...

This book provides a system-level approach to making packaging decisions for millimeter-wave transceivers. In electronics, the packaging forms a bridge between the integrated circuit or individual device and the rest of the electronic system,...

This book describes CoSMoS (Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation), a pattern-based approach to engineering trustworthy simulations that are both scientifically useful to the researcher and scientifically credible to third parties. This approach...

This book focuses on new developments in polytopic projects, particularly on implementation domains and case studies, as well as high-dimensional methodology. Polytopic projects are based on a general reference architecture inspired and shared by the...

The book focuses on design and computational issues related to fixtures and armatures in hydronic heating installations, especially regulation valves, their selection, operating principles, types and construction. The analysis is complemented by...

This book summarizes strategies, methods, algorithms, frameworks and systems for the fault-tolerant design and control of automated vehicles and processes. Intelligent systems may be able to accommodate inevitable faults, but this ability requires...

The only recent book to cover "Stage 3" warranty management, linking strategic and operational aspects for manufactured products. Shows how to make warranty management an effective tool for enhancing customer satisfaction. ...

Modern manufacturing systems must be engineered as any other complex systems, especially in the context of their integration. The book first presents the all-embracing concept of the Extended Enterprise as way of ...

Over the last few decades, there have been dramatic improvements in the understanding and research of environmental design. Numerous methods have been developed to enhance architectural design in order for it to be more energy efficient,...

This book addresses an area of perception engineering which deals with constructive processes. A model of the environment is analyzed using the information acquired from mUltiple viewpoints of multiple disparate sensors at...

E-Manufacturing: Business Paradigms and Supporting Technologies opens with a set of interesting selections from invited authors, covering perspectives such as concurrent engineering in product and process design, the tools...

The concept generation process seems like an intuitional thought: difficult to capture and perform, although everyone is capable of it. It is not an analytical process but a synthetic process which has yet to be clarified. Furthermore, new research...

Multiple criteria decision making tools have been developing at an extremely rapid pace over the last few years. This work explores the nature of the pursuit, using the authors extensive experience in the field. With its clear,...

For the many different deterministic non-linear dynamic systems (physical, mechanical, technical, chemical, ecological, economic, and civil and structural engineering), the discovery of irregular vibrations in addition to...

Evolutionary Structural Optimization (ESO) is a design method based on the simple concept of gradually removing inefficient material from a structure as it is being designed. Through this method, the resulting structure will...

This work gives a concise introduction to four important optimization techniques, presenting a range of applications drawn from electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, and systems engineering-such as the design of microstrip...

The book develops the root-cause approach to reliability - often referred to as "physics of failure" in the reliability engineering field. It approaches the subject from the point of view of a process and integrates the...

Following an introduction to the various techniques and examples of their routine application, this potential is explored through the introduction of various strategies that support searches across a far broader set of possible...

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...

Micromachined Mirrors provides an overview of the performance enhancements that will be realized by miniaturizing scanning mirrors like those used for laser printers and barcode scanners, and the newly enabled applications,...

Intelligent/smart systems have become common practice in many engineering applications. On the other hand, current low cost standard CMOS technology (and future foreseeable developments) makes available enormous potentialities...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich BWL - Offline-Marketing und Online-Marketing, Note: 2,3, Fachhochschule Erfurt (Fakultät Wirtschaft-Verkehr-Transport), Veranstaltung: Operatives Marketingmanegement, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit...

This book provides a great collection of work design testimonies with transferable lessons across many industry sectors and domains. It discusses physiological and cognitive parameters, teamwork, social aspects, organizational, and broader factors that...

This actionable guide helps aspiring entrepreneurs to acquire a designer's mindset to transform ideas into successful products, and designers to identify opportunities through a mix of product and business development toolkits.

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) has been widely implemented by the automotive industry as a productivity tool for design engineers to reduce both development time and cost. This essential work serves as a guide for FEA as a design tool and addresses the...

This presents the artistry of Ralph Parsons Bone, Master Engraver and custom gun and knife maker, in conjunction with the knife-making artistry of Enedino De Leon and several custom gun makers, with whom Bone chose to collaborate his artistry.The...

This book presents decision support tools that can be used in the early design stage to analyze the feasibility of a product and its components for remanufacturing. It also covers how to design a product specifically for remanufacturing and offers...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften - Verpackungstechnik, Note: 1,0, AKAD University, ehem. AKAD Fachhochschule Stuttgart, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die folgende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit bionischen Materialien der...

This textbook describes the basic mechanical features of concrete and explains the main resistant mechanisms activated in the reinforced concrete structures and foundations when subjected to centred and eccentric axial force, bending moment, shear,...

Most organizations fail to tap into the game-changing power of research. Research That Scales is the ultimate playbook for transforming your research practice, whatever its size or shape, into an impactful and efficient insight-generating engine. Use it...

Keywords SeriesEdited by Jason ThamFrom "Accessibility" to "Visual Semiotics," from "Augmentation" to "Writing Studio," and from "3D Printing" to "Wireframing," major sections of KEYWORDS IN MAKING demonstrate how words, semantics, and terminologies...

“Everything you use, from your home to your smartphone, from highways to supermarkets, was designed by someone. What did they get right? Where did they go wrong? And what can we learn from how these experts think that can help us improve our own...

The first Edition of the book came out in 2008. It covered all aspects of Designing Cement Plants- mainly Dry Process Cement Plants with 6 stage Preheaters and Calciners, Vertical Mills, Electro Static Precipitators and various auxiliary machineries as...

Dieses einzigartige, problemorientierte Lehrbuch schl{gt die Br}cke zwischenMechanik und Konstruktion. Es wendet sich damit vor allem an Studenten des Bauwesens, aber auch des Maschinenbaus, und an Konstrukteure in diesen ...

Neuzeitliche Produkte werden immer komplexer und hybrider, dadurch ist die Aufgabe des Konstrukteurs nicht mehr rein intuitiv zu lösen. Heute sind beim Konstruieren außer technischem Spezialwissen vor allem Kenntnisse und...

In dem Buch wird eine neuartige Planungsmethode behandelt, durch die die bisherigen Ansätze der Künstlichen Intelligenz sinnvoll ergänzt werden. Wie auch bei anderen Planungssystemen aus der Literatur wurde die Robotik als...

Die Gestaltung der Schnittstelle Mensch-Arbeitsmittel nach den Körpermaßen und biomechanischen Eigenschaften des Menschen (anthropometrische Arbeitsgestaltung) ist eine grundlegende Aufgabe der Ergonomie. Diese Publikation will...

This book focuses on novel design and systems engineering approaches, including theories and best practices, for promoting a better integration of people and engineering systems. It covers a range of hot topics related to: development of human-centered...