Design Engineering Manual

This manual brings critical information such as design and materials, new materials, ergonomics, reliability and maintainability, product safety, electronics, mechanics, and plastics to the design engineer

Mike Tooley (Edited by)

9781856178389, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 25 November 2009

610 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 3.4 cm, 1.64 kg

"Tooley intends Design Engineering Manual as a one-stop, concise compendium of design engineering information. The text encompasses a broad array of engineering related topics—such as design, new materials, ergonomics, reliability and maintainability, and product safety—for applications in electrical, mechanical, civil, and architectural engineering. Chapters are supported with illustrations, case studies, and diagrams. Specific sections are included on design techniques for electronics, mechanics, and plastics. The book is written for engineers, material developers, and graduate students." --Mechanical Engineering Magazine

Design Engineering Manual offers a practical guide to the key principles of design engineering. It features a compilation of extracts from several books within the range of Design Engineering books in the Elsevier collection. The book is organized into 11 sections. Beginning with a review of the processes of product development and design, the book goes on to describe systematic ways of choosing materials and processes. It details the properties of modern metallic alloys including commercial steels, cast irons, superalloys, titanium alloys, structural intermetallic compounds, and aluminum alloys. The book explains the human/system interface; procedures to assess the risks associated with job and task characteristics; and environmental factors that may be encountered at work and affect behavior. Product liability and safety rules are discussed. The final section on design techniques introduces the design process from an inventors perspective to a more formal model called total design. It also deals with the behavior of plastics that influence the application of practical and complex engineering equations and analysis in the design of products.

1. Introduction
2. The Design Process
3. Product Development
4. Design and Materials
5. New Materials
6. Design and Ergonomics
7. Reliability and Maintainability
8. Product Safety and Legal Liability
9. Design Techniques: Electronics
10. Design Techniques: Mechanics
11. Design Techniques: Plastics

Subject Areas: Mechanical engineering [TGB], Technical design [TBD], Production & quality control management [KJMV5]