Engineering Design Methods

by NigelCross (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $6.63

  This textbook has been developed for students of engineering design, industrial design and industrial engineering. The contents emphasize the design of products that have an engineering content, although most of the principles and approaches are also relevant to the design of other products and systems. The first part of the book offers an overview of the nature of design activity, the design process and design methods in general. The chapters constitute a manual of design methods, presented in an independent learning format. The book concludes by outlining a strategic approach to the design process, which utilizes the most appropriate combination of creative and rational methods to suit the designer and the design project. The book has been designed to be used in conjunction with projects and exercises that require the analysis and clarification of design problems.

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $24.59

  Including new topics and more recent examples of applications, this is the second edition of a book concerned with the fundamental approaches to design, such as problem formulation and design embodiment. Divided into three parts, it discusses the nature of design for engineering, covers with various methodologies and deals with strategic design.