Advanced Design Concepts for Engineers. (1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: B.S. Dhillon.
• Authors: Dhillon, B. S
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; 1: Introduction to Design; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Reasons for Designing: Design Failures and Their Common Reasons; 1.3 The Design Process; 1.4 Good and Bad Design Characteristics and Arguments for and Against Finite-Life Design; 1.5 Engineering Design Functions; 1.6 Design Reviews; 1.7 Engineering Design Manpower; 1.8 Design Information Sources; 1.9 Problems; 1.10 References; 2: Design Mathematics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Set Theory; 2.3 Probability 2.4 Probability Density Function Basic Properties and Definition2.5 Mean Value and Variance of a Continuous Random Variable; 2.6 Probability Distributions; 2.7 Laplace Transforms; 2.8 Final Value Theorem; 2.9 Solving Differential Equations Using Laplace Transforms; 2.10 Problems; 2.11 References; 3: CONCURRENT ENGINEERING, REVERSE ENGINEERING, AND REENGINEERING; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Concurrent Engineering; 3.3 Reverse Engineering; 3.4 Reengineering; 3.5 Problems; 3.6 References; 4: DESIGN RELIABILITY; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Reasons for Considering Reliability in Product Design 4.3 Reliability in the System Design and Development Process, Production Process, and Support Process4.4 Reducing a Product/System Life Cycle Cost While Improving its Reliability/Maintainability/Availability; 4.5 Early, Chance, and Wear-Out Failures of Product; 4.6 General Failure Density, Hazard Rate, and Reliability Functions; 4.7 Item Mean Time to Failure; 4.8 Common Reliability Networks; 4.9 Reliability Assessment Methods; 4.10 Reliability/Maintainability Standard Documents and Failure Rates of Selected Items; 4.11 Problems; 4.12 References; 5: MAINTAINABILITY ENGINEERING 5.1 Introduction5.2 Maintainability Definition, Objectives, and Program Elements; 5.3 Maintainability in Design Phase and Support Process; 5.4 Maintainability Measures; 5.5 Maintainability Functions; 5.6 Spare Part Quantity and Maintenance Labor-Hours Per Operating Hour Predictions; 5.7 Reliability-Centered Maintenance; 5.8 Background Data for Maintainability Design and Maintainability Design Characteristics; 5.9 General Design Guidelines for Maintainability and Common Maintainability-Related Design Errors; 5.10 Problems; 5.11 References; 6: SAFETY ENGINEERING; 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Safety Engineering Goals and Systems/Product Safety Engineering6.3 Hazard Classifications and Common Mechanical Injuries; 6.4 Safety in System Life Cycle; 6.5 Safety Analysis Methods; 6.6 Safety Costing; 6.7 Product Liability; 6.8 Problems; 6.9 References; 7: HUMAN FACTORS; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Types of Man-Machine Systems and Human Error Related System Failures; 7.3 Human Factors Considerations in Product Design; 7.4 Human Behavioral Expectancies; 7.5 Comparison of Humans with Machines and Selected Methods for Human Factors Evaluation of System/Product/Component Design
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620/.0042; Materials science; Industrial engineering; Production engineering; Industrial engineering; Materials science; Production engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482293876; 1482293870
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