Advanced Engineering Design: An Integrated Approach

by Efrén M Benavides

Overview

This book provides engineers and students with a general framework focusing on the processes of designing new engineering products. The procedures covered by the framework lead the reader to the best trade-offs to ensure maximum satisfaction of the customer’s needs, meeting the lowest cost expectations, ensuring the lowest environmental impact and maximising profits and best positioning in the marketplace. Chapters discuss the engineering tools that are compatible with these goals and sustainable activity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780081016633
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/19/2016
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Prof. Efrén M. Benavides is a lecturer at the School of Aeronautics (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) in mechanical design, reciprocating engines and propulsion systems with research work in the field of aeronautics. These research fields include several topics related with engineering design such as axial compressors, reciprocating engines, thermoacoustics, heat transfer and reliability. Benavides has written several articles about these subjects in a variety of scholarly journals and scientific literature.

Table of Contents

Dedication

List of figures and tables

Acknowledgments

About the author

Chapter 1: The design process

Abstract:

1.1 The concept of design and related terms

1.2 Design as a value-generating process in society

1.3 The goal of design theories

1.4 Background

1.5 The scope of design theories

1.6 The definition of design

1.7 The characteristics of design

1.8 Design problem

1.9 Activities in the design process

1.10 Information management

1.11 The design process as a product

1.12 The importance of the design process

1.13 The importance of Design Science

Chapter 2: Information, entropy and its relationship to design

Abstract:

2.1 The design process in terms of probabilities

2.2 Definition of design

2.3 Uncertainty

2.4 Entropy

2.5 Joint entropy, conditioned entropy and relative entropy

2.6 Mutual information

2.7 Upper and lower bounds of mutual information. Information content of a variable

2.8 Process information

2.9 Spaces of definition: need–solution–response–satisfaction

2.10 Degree of satisfaction

2.11 Conceptual and detailed design

2.12 Operators. Necessary, generated and available information

2.13 First statements

Chapter 3: Axiomatic design

Abstract:

3.1 Introduction to axiomatic design

3.2 Independence axiom

3.3 Information axiom

3.4 Independence of the axioms

3.5 Most relevant theorems and corollaries

3.6 Design process

3.7 Example application in the aeronautical industry: main bearing configuration on a jet engine

3.8 Quantitative study of the design matrix

3.9 Example application: flow and temperature control 54

Chapter 4: Metric design

Abstract:

4.1 Introduction to metric design

4.2 Quality loss

4.3 System design and parameter design

4.4 Tolerance design

4.5 Robust design

4.6 Cost-effectiveness of advanced design techniques

4.7 Example application

Chapter 5: Reliability-based design

Abstract:

5.1 Objective of reliability calculations

5.2 Definition of reliability

5.3 Calculating the probability of failure

5.4 First-Order Reliability Model (FORM)

5.5 Semi-empirical reliability model

5.6 Example application: influence of radial clearance on bearing life with a surface fatigue failure mode

Chapter 6: Entropy-based design

Abstract:

6.1 The Minimum Tolerance Theorem

6.2 The Linearity Theorem

6.3 Example application: conceptual design of a fuel supply system for gasoline engines

6.4 The principle of minimum generation of entropy and information

Appendix: statistical concepts

Index

Editorial Reviews

"The author has succeeded with this new book in skillfully collating the different theories and current thinking in engineering design processes." —Materials World, Kevin Edwards FIMMM

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