Conceptual Design for Engineers
By: by Michael J. French
Edition: Third Edition.
Publisher: Springer London
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781849968539; 9781447136279
Subjects: Engineering; Engineering design
Description: Why buy a book on engineering design first published nearly thirty years ago? Because it remains up-to-date, intellectually stimulating and realistic. Unlike most texts in the field, it relates design closely to the science and mathematics that are students' chief concern, and shows their relevance. It shows how to make simple but illuminating calculations such as mark the work of great engineers, and how to achieve insight and the invention that often springs from it. It covers design principles thoroughly: these are a great practical aid to designers but receive only limited mention elsewhere. It is, and remains, an original book. Though some of the ideas in it which were novel in 1971 are now widely accepted, others remain new.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Combinative Ideas; title: Optimisation; title: Insight; title: Matching; title: Disposition; title: Kinematic and Elastic Design; title: Costs; title: Various principles and approaches; title: Conclusion.