Mechanical Design Engineering See Also Other Engineering Categories Brook Tech Top 10 Engineering Books Aeronautical CAD / CAM /CAE Civil / Construction Design Electronic General Mathematics Mechanical Production Quality Stress / Structural Welding   Mechanical Design Engineering Books - In Association with Amazon.co.uk     Materials Selection in Mechanical Design ISBN: 0750643579 M F Ashby This text describes a procedure for material selection in mechanical design, allowing the most suitable materials for a given application. Materials are introduced through their properties, allowing rapid retrieval of information. UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information.     The Design Productivity Debate ISBN: 3540761950 A H B Duffy Over the past decade, with greater emphasis being placed upon shorter lead times, better quality products, reduced product costs, and greater customer satisfaction, the topic of Engineering Design has received increased interest from the industrial and ac academic communities. Considerable effort has been directed at developing design process methodologies and building computer tools that focus upon relatively narrow aspects of design, but many key problems in Engineering Design research and practice remain unanswered. Resulting from the First International Engineering Design Debate held in Glasgow, UK in late 1996, this volume discusses the main issues concerning the improvement of design productivity. Covering design studies, design development, concurrent engineering and design knowledge and information, it attempts to derive a common understanding of the basic factors, problems and potential solutions involved. UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information.     Analysis, Design and Optimization of Composite Structures ISBN: 0471971898 A L Kalamkarov, A G Kolpakov, A L Kolpakov Rapidly varying material and geometrical characteristics of composite materials and structures do not allow the direct study of their mechanical behaviour even with the use of modern computers. Mathematically rigorous mechanical design and optimization models can be constructed and these result in prescribing values of for example, stiffness, strength and weight minimization - all important factors of design and optimization. This title is devoted to the mechanical design and optimization problems at the cutting edge of design and engineering of composite structures. The book presents general models and methods developed by the authors which should enable the reader to obtain more precise solutions for shell-like structures in composite materials. Effective properties of various thin-walled composite structural members are given. Programs providing numerical solutions are available on the Internet. The text also includes the major results in the analysis of composite structural members, and on design and optimization, obtained by the authors after publication. UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information.     Innovative Conceptual Design ISBN: 0521778484 E Kroll, S S Condoor, D G Jansson Conceptual design, along with need identification and analysis, make up the initial stage of the design process. Need analysis transforms the often vague statement of a design task into a set of design requirements. Conceptual design encompasses the generation of concepts and integration into system-level solutions, leading to a relatively detailed design. This book is devoted to the crucial initial stage of engineering design. In particular, it focuses on parameter analysis, a methodology that leads the user through the design process, helping to identify critical issues (parameters) of the design and propose configuration-specific solutions. To illustrate the principles discussed, the authors present numerous examples and a variety of real-world case studies. The emphasis throughout is on innovation. This useful text will appeal to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as practicing engineers, architects, and product development managers. UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information.     The Mechanical Systems Design Handbook: Modeling, Measurement, and Control ISBN: 0849385962 O D I Nwokah, Y Hurmuzlu With a specific focus on the needs of the designers and engineers in industrial settings, The Mechanical Systems Design Handbook: Modeling, Measurement, and Control presents a practical overview of basic issues associated with design and control of mechanical systems. In four sections, each edited by a renowned expert, this book answers diverse questions fundamental to the successful design and implementation of mechanical systems in a variety of applications. Manufacturing addresses design and control issues related to manufacturing systems. From fundamental design principles to control of discrete events, machine tools, and machining operations to polymer processing and precision manufacturing systems. Vibration Control explores a range of topics related to active vibration control, including piezoelectric networks, the boundary control method, and semi-active suspension systems. Aerospace Systems presents a detailed analysis of the mechanics and dynamics of tensegrity structures Robotics offers encyclopedic coverage of the control and design of robotic systems, including kinematics, dynamics, soft-computing techniques, and teleoperation.Mechanical systems designers and engineers have few resources dedicated to their particular and often unique problems. The Mechanical Systems Design Handbook clearly shows how theory applies to real world challenges and will be a welcomed and valuable addition to your library. UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information.     Welded Joint Design ISBN: 0831131306 J Hicks This book is an illustrated guide to the design of welded steel fabrications for the practicing designer and the student of engineering. It encompasses the static and fatigue strength of welded joints, the selection of steel grades from the point of view of service and manufacturing requirements, the design of components and structures, and the influence of fabrication methods and procedures on design. A brief review of welding processes and inspection is included. This new edition includes new sections on designing, testing and recording welding procedures, quality management and inspection and non-destructive examination. Reference to standards (UK, American and international) have been updated. UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information.     Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing ISBN: 0674463684 H Petroski In this book, Petroski delves deeper into the mystery of invention, to explore what everyday artifacts and sophisticated networks can reveal about the way engineers solve problems. Engineering entails more than knowing the way things work. What do economics and ecology, aesthetics and ethics, have to do with the shape of a paper clip, the tab of a beverage can, the cabin design of a turbojet, or the course of a river? How do the idiosyncrasies of individual engineers, companies and communities leave their mark on projects from Velcro to fax machines to waterworks? "Invention by Design" offers an insider's look at these political and cultural dimensions of design and development, production and construction. Henry Petroski's previous books include: "To Engineer Is Human", which was developed into a BBC television documentary; "The Pencil": "The Evolution of Useful Things"; and "Engineers of Dreams". UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information.     Machine Elements in Mechanical Design ISBN: 0138414467 R L Mott The book's use of spreadsheets and the latest computational tools and extensive appendices provide realistic up-to-date data and techniques for use in problem solutions and design projects. Using an exceptionally readable, applied approach to the principles and practice of mechanical design, this book presents the concepts, procedures, data, and decision-analysis techniques readers/students need to design safe, efficient, and workable machine elements — and to effectively integrate them into total systems. Hands-on in nature, it features an abundance of thoroughly worked and explained examples and topic-specific and comprehensive integrative reality-based problems and projects. An essential reference for anyone interested in mechanical design. UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information.     Mechatronics and the Design of Intelligent Machines and Systems ISBN: 0748754431 D A Bradley, D Seward, D Dawson, S Burge The increasing scope and complexity of mechatronic systems means that their design and development must be subject to the disciplines of good engineering practice. This text reflects the methods and techniques available to support the successful design and implementation of such systems. UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. 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Highly suitable for all students in engineering, industrial design, architecture and computer science, as well as for the professional engineer and designer who will find in it a very useful framework to assist their design practice.   UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information. No Image Available     Product Design ISBN: 0130212717 K N Otto, K L Wood, K Wood Product Design presents an in-depth study of structured design processes and methods. *Fundamental approach - A systematic and methods-based strategy to product development. *Reverse engineering and product teardowns (dissection) offer a better paradigm for design instruction, permitting a modern learning cycle of experience, hypothesis, understanding, and new design execution. *Students see good design before they attempt design. *Systematic methods provide structure for the learning of design. *Concrete experiences with hands-on products. *Students gain confidence through improving commercial products. *Application of modern technologies. *Rapid numerical exploration links engineering analysis to design. *Studies of systematic experimentation. *Easy to follow explanations permit effective improvement of products. *Exploration of the boundaries of design methodology. *Authors explain underlying assumptions and limits to design methods. *Decision making for real product development. *Industrially proven methods and their underlying reasoning are explained. *Discusses foundation material of product design, including a philosophy for learning and implementing product design. *Perspective is gained on what methods can do and will do in the future. *Each chapter includes both basic and advanced techniques for particular phases of product development. *Permits instructor customization of the material - High-level or in-depth study on the various aspects of product development. *Presents theory and concrete examples of emerging design techniques and principles. *The reader will study contemporary design-for-manufacturing, design-for-the-environment, prototyping, and design-for-assembly methods. UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information.     Design Secrets: Products: 50 Real-Life Product Design Projects ISBN: 1564966380 Industrial Designers Society of America, K Goodrich The Design Secrets series brings the reader inside the creative process, unlike most design books that only show the final design. Each design project selected is illustrated in detail from concept to completion and all the stages in-between and includes the designer's insights and inspirations of the project. Promoting a greater understanding of design, this book presents 50 real-life product design projects with a behind-the-scenes look. Uncovered are the creative process, the challenges, and the solutions that produced the innovative end result. Original plans, sketches, visuals, interim drawings, and presentations each accompanied by informative text and captions show how designers present their ideas and solve problems. UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information.     Machine Design: An Integrated Approach ISBN: 0130177067 R L Norton For courses in Mechanical Design. A thorough and comprehensive textbook dealing with machine design that emphasizes both failure theory and analysis as well as emphasizing the synthesis and design aspects of machine elements. The book points out the commonality of the analytical approaches needed to design a wide variety of elements and emphasizes the use of computer-aided engineering as an approach to the design and analysis of these classes of problems.* NEW - The text has been made independent of any software package. NEW - Updated TKSOLVER models of all examples and case studies are included in the CD-ROM. NEW - Updated MathCAD models of all examples and case studies are included in the CD-ROM. NEW - All examples and case studies have been redone, and some expanded to make their presentations more detailed. NEW - The numbers of problems has been increased by roughly 25%. NEW - Some sections of the text have included augmented figures, discussion or explanation. May be used without the accompanying software and models with no detriment to understanding. May be used in conjunction with TKSOLVER models and programs provided on the CD-ROM. May be used in conjunction with the MathCAD models and engine provided on the CD-ROM. UK Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. USA Reviews, Pricing and Ordering Information. Deutschland Reviews Pricing and Ordering Information.