Engineering Design
Subtitle: A Systematic Approach
Contributors: Ken Wallace (Editor, Translator); Lucienne T.M. Blessing (Translator); F. Bauert (Translator)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 25, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9783540199175
Subjects: Technical design; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Industrial Design; Technology; Textbooks; Engineering - Mechanical; General; Industrial Design - General; Business & Economics-General; Cost; Design Process; Mechanical Engineering; Product Development; Quality; Technology / Engineering / Mechanical; Technology / Industrial Design / General; Technology-Industrial Design - General; Engineering design
First sentence: The main task of engineers is to apply their scientific and engineering knowledge to the solution of technical problems, and then to optimise those solutions within the requirements and constraints set by material, technological, economic, legal, environmental and human-related considerations (see 2.1.7).